difficult economic environment is a factor to consider, our monthly consumer spending indicator study still shows that video games is the category that consumers tell us they're least likely to cut their spending on in coming months," NPD analyst Anita Frazier...

fourth main business pillar. Apple’s growing market share in the desktop and notebook market have been widely reported, but we are now learning that the company’s share in the 801.11n WiFi base station market is even higher. NPD analyst Stephen Baker told...

the PlayStation 3 selling 218,000, the PSP at 168,000, and the undying PS2 at 112,000."If there was one area that surprised me this month, it was hardware sales," said NPD analyst Anita Frazier said. "While it's not unusual for March hardware sales to be lower...

Digital Music Rising; CDs On The Way Out. Digital Music iTunes CD NPD. A report released by The NPD Group reveals that the digital market is growing, and will eventually drive physical CDs into extinction.. The NPD Group released a report earlier today revealing...

has officially become the largest music retailer. According to market research firm NPD, Apple’s iTunes Store continues to be the dominant force of overall retail music sales (downloads and physical CDs.) NPD found that iTunes was leading the top 5 music...

reports that iPod Shuffle sales have surged, increasing 50 percent in the week following the launch of the revamped model.Citing Barclay's analyst Ben Reitzes and an NPD report, AI reports that sales of iPod Shuffles grew 51 percent the week of March 21st,...

Gamers Turn to Downloads During Recession. Gamers Downloads Recession Digital NPD. Consumers are pinching pennies by downloading games and extra content.. We're fairly sure that everyone is sick of hearing about the recession. But let's face it: everyone...

the Wall Street Journal is calling it quits on Sony, claiming that the PS3 will be stuck in the bottom slot forever. Like with many consumer categories, the WSJ points to to NPD numbers for November 2008, prime time for holiday shopping. While Nintendo and...

Garmin Widens Its Gap Against TomTom In North America PND Market In Q2, Says NPD. GPS Garmin TomTom. PND vendor Garmin has widened its gap against rival TomTom to 37 percentage points in the North American market in the second quarter of this year, compared...

Nintendo Kicks Butt in Console Sales. wii xbox ps3 ds npd. Both Nintendo and Sony released sales figures for November, however the latter should be embarrassed in comparison to the number of Wii and DS consoles zooming off stores shelves.. Both Nintendo and...