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January 7, 2011

Positive Growth in Online Shopping in 2009

Filed under: Shopping — Tags: — Winson @ 7:26 AM

There are technology advancements in every field. The convenience and flexibility for people is increasing because of these technology advancements. Now customer can shop any where from his home with out visiting any physical stores, because of technology. Day by day the popularity of online shopping is increasing. People are giving more preference to shop online.

According to comScore, $29.1 billion amount of money was spent on online shopping from November to December in 2009. It was increased by 4 percent from the same period in the last year. Online holiday shopping season showed a positive growth in the 2009. There is 20 percent of total sales on jewelry and watches, and 15 percent of total sales on consumer electronics, 8 percent on event tickets, 7 percent on computer hardware, 6 percent on books and magazines.

There is an expectation that it will be increased in the next coming year. Online retailer promotions and guaranteed shopping, return policies and many advantages are enhancing the online shopping.

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October 5, 2010

Technical Advances in Sports from Past 50 Years

Filed under: Sports — Tags: — Winson @ 9:38 AM

There are constant changes in the growth of technology in sports like every other industry. The highest developed equipments are used in every sense. Technology is also used by the persons those who officiate it. If there is no use of available technology, then it may lead to a state of confusion and second-guessing in the sports events. There are few technical advances in sports from past 50 years such as:

HANS device: The Hans device was invented in the 1980, from then auto racing became safe in all levels. Robert Hubbard, engineering professor, developed the U shaped head restraint device. This device is kept behind the neck of the driver and it is attached to the helmet of the driver. This will save the head of the driver from injury in any crashes or accidents.

Instant replay: Instant replay is the biggest technological advance in any area. CBS sports use the instant replay for the first time at the time of Army vs Navy game in 1962. After wards, slow motion was added to the instant replay in the year of 1965. Freeze frame capability was added by the Ampex HS-100 Camera.

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October 1, 2010

Gloves or Mittens Sales in US: 2007 to 2009

Filed under: Shopping — Tags: , — Winson @ 10:19 AM

A glove is a garment used to cover hand. For each finger gloves have separate opening or coverings for each finger and for the thumb. Fingerless gloves have an opening, but no covering sheath for each finger. Gauntlets are fingerless gloves with one large opening instead of individual openings for each finger. Entire hand is covered by Mittens but these don’t have separate finger openings or sheaths. Though mittens and gloves are made with same material, but mittens are warmer than gloves because fingers can maintain their warmth better when they are together.

Gloves are the part of dress accessories. $6 is the average unit sale price. Knit gloves are better than leather and fabric glove styles. Shiny and space dyed yarns and other novelty yarns are popular knit gloves.

A niche fashion item is short leather driving and riding gloves. 35 percent of the sales done by age group 35 to 54 of customers. 44 percent of the sales of gloves were for the gifts for others. Sales of gloves in 2007 were 383.4 million dollars and in 2008 were 462.7 million dollars and 448 million dollars in 2009.

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September 21, 2010

US Advertising Market: 2009

Filed under: Business — Tags: , , — Winson @ 7:32 AM

According to the IAB US Online Advertising report, there is continuous and significant growth in Internet on comparison with other media.

  • In US market share, TV distribution continues to be in the leading position which is $26.2 billions.
  • The second place is taken by News papers, which is $24.6billions in US market share.
  • The Internet occupies 3rd place in US Market share, which is $22.7 billions.
  • The top 10 ad selling companies continue to remain concentrated on online advertising. This accounted for 71 percent of total revenues in Q4 of 2009, which was down slightly from 72 percent as in Q4 of 2008.
  • 11 percent of revenues for Q4 of 2009 were accounted by 11 to 25 ranked companies on comparison to the 12 percent as in Q4 of 2008.
  • The companies which were ranked from 26 to 50 accounted for 8 percent in both 2008 and 2009.
  • As per the report, the United States internet advertising revenue was $22.7 billion in 2009. The internet advertising revenues faced a decrease of 3.4 percent over 2008.

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September 14, 2010

Statistics of Top Ten Used Cars in 2008 and 2009

Filed under: Business — Tags: — Winson @ 8:45 AM

Many of the customers feel it difficult to find out the best car which they have to buy. They often get confused because of existence of many models. They also cannot decide correctly, whether to buy a used car or a new car. So, the best way is to verify in the websites Edmunds and Kelly Blue Book for knowing the present trends. If we go for the used car, then Kelly Blue Book will give you information of the costs regarding it. They even suggest the best resale and the worst resale values for the used cars. They provide us with the consumer reviews.

So, let us examine the Top ten used cars for the year 2009 in USA. Honda Accord is the best used car which is being sold and the number of units sold are around 29,212. The second one is Ford F-series and its sales are 28,757; Chevrolet Silverado and its sales are 26,437 units; Honda Civic and its sales are 26,252; Toyota Camry with sales 25,324; Toyota Corolla with sales 18,534; Ford Fusion and its sales are 18,321; DodgeRam Series and its sales are 17,903; Chevrolet Impala 17, 532; Chevrolet Malibu and its sales are 14, 655.

Now, let us consider the top ten used cars which are considered as the best ones in the year 2008 in USA. Toyota Camry was the leading used car which had a lot of sales and the number for the sales was around 31,601; second stands Honda Accord and its sales are 23, 957; Nissan Altima and its sales are 21,635; Honda Civic and its sales are 20,993; Toyota Corolla with sales 20,736; Chevrolet Impala with sales 17,544, Chevrolet Cobalt 17,310; Chevrolet Malibu 14,150, Pontaic G6 with sales 13,942; Ford Focus with sales 11,600.

Thus, the consumers by seeing statistics can decide which car is the best according to the number of units sold and even some of the websites will provide the best costs for the used cars.

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