Terms and Conditions

This Blog is moderated by an NPD Group representative who reserves the right to exercise editorial control over posted content. By submitting a comment to the Blog, you understand and agree that we may post your comment in its entirety, in an edited version, or not at all. Editing may be done for purposes of clarity, length or deletion of offensive, inappropriate, or potentially defamatory material.

Comments or opinions expressed on the Blog are those of their respective contributors only. The views expressed by outside contributors do not represent the views of NPD, its management or employees. NPD is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the content of this Blog and NPD disclaims any and all liability for the content of comments written by outside contributors to the Blog. With respect to information in this Blog, NPD makes no warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. All information provided in this Blog, whether edited or not, is provided “as is” with no guarantee of completeness or accuracy. In no event will NPD, its affiliates, employees or agents, be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information in this Blog or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

You represent that comments posted by you on the Blog will not defame, compromise or disclose the trade secrets, or sensitive or confidential information of, or violate the copyright or other intellectual property rights of, any third party. You agree not to post any material that is obscene, profane, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful or embarrassing to another person or entity or violates the privacy rights of another. You agree not to post material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms or any other computer code that is intended to damage, interfere with, or surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold NPD harmless from and against any claims, losses or liabilities based on a violation of the foregoing representation. It is in the nature of Blogs for contributors to take responsibility for their posted comments. We therefore do not accept anonymous comments. By submitting a comment to the Blog, you understand and agree that your full name and company name will be posted along with your comment. To that extent, you do not have the same degree of privacy or confidentiality as you receive in other areas of NPD.com. All posted comments become the property of NPD. By agreeing to posting your comment on the Blog, you acknowledge and agree that your comment may be reused by NPD or quoted in other media and might be attributed to you by name.

We sometimes link to outside Web sites that are related to the Blog discussion and that we believe may be of interest to you. These links are not provided for the purposes of marketing or advertising, and NPD is not responsible for the content or practices of other Web sites.

The Blog moderator may include information about, and links to, other NPD content and information that may be of interest to you and are related to the topic of the Blog.

We reserve the right to change Blog procedures and these Terms and Conditions at any time.