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Comment on Blockbuster? Really? by Adam

Adam — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:46:20 +0000

Awesome article! Blockbuster has been a staple in my family ever since I was a kid. Who doesn’t remember going there on a Friday or Saturday night with their parents to pick out a couple movies or video games? Times change and some companies have trouble staying relevant. Look at Netflix trying to reinvent already. I was excited to see that I could add the Blockbuster Movie Pass to my DISH Network employee account. For $10 a month I can fulfill all my home entertainment needs. I had Netflix up until the price change but I would have switched to this either way.

Comment on The Tyranny of the Street by Cisco Kills The Flip Video Camera Business | Arik Hesseldahl | NewEnterprise | AllThingsD

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:10:15 +0000

[...] and by mid-2009 had clocked sales of about 2 million units. Stephen Baker, an analyst with NPD says on his blog unit sales were essentially flat in 2010, and that the average selling price on a Flip camera rose [...]

Comment on All I Want For Christmas… by Tapping the Power of Moms Online: The Lessons of Zhu Zhu Pets | Intuit Small Business Blog

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:04:45 +0000

[...] Zhu Zhu Pets exploded onto the toy scene during the holidays last year and they’re still among the most demanded toys this season, according to the NPD Group. [...]

Comment on Reading Tea Leaves From An Empty Cup by Acer Prepares Windows 7 And Android Tablets for 2011 | eWEEK Europe UK

Acer Prepares Windows 7 And Android Tablets for 2011 | eWEEK Europe UK — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:11:19 +0000

[...] have been very steady all year in the mid-teens,” Stephen Baker, an analyst with NPD Group, wrote in a blog posting. “In light of the sales facts, it is, in my view, a mistaken and absolutely untenable position to [...]

Comment on I Own An iPad, So What Do I do With It? by This Week in Small Business: Bankruptcies, Waivers and iPads - NYTimes.com

This Week in Small Business: Bankruptcies, Waivers and iPads - NYTimes.com — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:02:40 +0000

[...] the small-business world, according to this report. But before you equip your people with one, you might be interested in what its future holds. Long-running rumors that Verizon will soon carry the iPhone may finally [...]

Comment on I Own An iPad, So What Do I do With It? by NPD: iPad Satisfaction Drops Among Later Adopters

NPD: iPad Satisfaction Drops Among Later Adopters — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:33:20 +0000

[...] NPD Group surveyed iPad owners in August, and separated them by date of purchase. Of the people who bought iPads within the first [...]

Comment on I Own An iPad, So What Do I do With It? by iPad Early Adopters More Satisfied and Active with Their Tablet Than New Buyers - SlashGear

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:50:40 +0000

[...] [via NPD Official Blog] More in : Apple, iPad, news, NPD, tablet RELATED STORIES HP Photosmart eStation C510 Android Zeen tablet/printer combo detailed1.2m iPads shipping per month tip sourcesThe Daily Slash: April 20th 2010 Subscribe via RSS or Email | Read 8 times var ns_bing_siteid=53; var ns_bing_verbose=0; var ns_bing_description = “”; var ns_bing_title = document.title; var ns_bing_url = document.location; var ns_bing_metas=document.getElementsByTagName(’head’)[0].getElementsByTagName(’meta’); for(var i=0,L=ns_bing_metas.length;i [...]

Comment on I Own An iPad, So What Do I do With It? by Analyst: iPad a Want, Then a Need | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:52:58 +0000

[...] behavior; they purchase products because they want them, not because they need them,” Baker explains. “However, as Apple increases iPad distribution and consumer interest peaks, the profile of [...]

Comment on SMBs Looking To Upgrade by Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty? – Storage Means Business

Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty? – Storage Means Business — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:38:37 +0000

[...] Symantec, IDC, Gartner, HP, CRN, Washington Post, NPD Group, AMI Partners, Microsoft, Kelton Research, Brian Burch’s Top 10 Misconceptions About SMB [...]

Comment on Tunnels To The Television by The WIRE: Week of April 26, 2010 | Out of the Box

The WIRE: Week of April 26, 2010 | Out of the Box — Mon, 03 May 2010 04:38:04 +0000

[...] Group Blog Tunnels to the Television, 4/26 My first post at the NPD Group Blog this week was a response to my colleague Paul Gagnon’s [...]