Stephen Baker, an analyst at NPD Group, said the future for Windows-based machines is looking increasingly bleak.
"There has been increased demand for specialty coffee, " says NPD Group food and beverage analyst Harry Balzer.
An estimated 380 million people will use video chat services by 2015, according to NPD Group, a market-research firm.
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Apple accounted for 28% of all music purchased by U.S. consumers in the first quarter, according to NPD Group.
"It's a very different environment now, " said Stephen Baker, the chief electronics analyst for market researcher NPD Group Inc.
Apple's phones are the second-best-selling consumer smartphones in the U.S., according to the NPD Group, an online market-research firm.
The number of people in the U.S. who play video games is shrinking, new data from NPD Group shows.
Overall, according to new data from NPD Group, U.S. video game sales at retail fell 4% from a year ago.
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Ross Rubin is director of industry analysis for consumer technology at market research and analysis firm The NPD Group, .
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Ross Rubin is director of industry analysis at NPD Techworld, a division of market research and analysis provider The NPD Group.
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According to research from the NPD Group, soundbar system sales have grown 71 percent year-to-date from November 2010 to November 2011.
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Ross Rubin is executive director of industry analysis for consumer technology at market research and analysis firm The NPD Group.
The NPD Group is the leading provider of reliable and comprehensive consumer and retail information for a wide range of industries.
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U.S. video game retail sales of new hardware, software and accessories fell 22% in 2012, according to new data from NPD Group.
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And the skirt sales are up 19% through October, according to NPD Group will continue to replace the all-important dress in many women's closets.
Playing to teens' interactive desires by involving them in the marketing process, according to Marshall Cohen, chief analyst with the NPD Group.
The analysis examined restaurant servings and traffic from market-research firm NPD Group Inc. and publicly available sales data from the restaurant chains.
Research firm NPD Group listed Big Fish as the top casual digital retailer in the US in the first half of this year.
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According to NPD Group, iTunes accounted for slightly more than two-thirds of the U.S. market for authorized song downloads in 2005 and 2006.
In 2011, more than a quarter of photos and videos were captured using a smartphone, according to a study from research company NPD Group.
According to video game tracking firm The NPD Group, just over 65, 000 copies of LEGO Universe have been sold in the U.S. since launch.
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U.S. retail video game sales fell 20% in February from the same month last year, according to date from market research firm NPD Group.
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Flat-front pants represented 79% of all men's pants sold in the U.S. during the 12 months ended August, according to market-research firm NPD Group.
Growth was 140% in the first half of 2007 and 50% in the first half of this year, according to market research firm NPD Group.
"It's part of a growing trend to integrate hardware, software and services, " says Ross Rubin, director of consumer technology industry analysis for the NPD Group.
More consumers, 17% compared with 12% last year, say that intend to start their holiday shopping on Thanksgiving weekend this year, according to NPD Group.
Presumably in conjunction with sinking LCD prices and staggeringly great deals offered on Black Friday, the NPD Group is reporting record-breaking sales jumps.
"The large screen market is a sweet spot right now for the TV industry, " said Ben Arnold, Director of Industry Analysis at The NPD Group.
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"Ultrabooks have helped establish a market for more premium-priced Windows notebooks at retail, " said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at The NPD Group.
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According to The NPD Group, in 2012 Turtle Beach led all first and third party manufacturers on sales, in units and dollars, of gaming headsets.
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