Sentences with phrase «as npd»

After selling 925,000 copies in March, TitanFall continued to roll over the competition at retail as the NPD Group crowned it the best - selling game of April 2014 as well.

That axiom held true once again this year, as The NPD Group declared that Madden NFL 18 was the best - selling game of last month.

But it wasn't all doom and gloom in June, as NPD Analyst Liam Callahan told GamesIndustry.biz: «After 32 months since the launches of the PS4 and Xbox One, the combined cumulative hardware sales for these two consoles exceed the sales of [the PS3 and Xbox 360] by 40 % at the same point in their lifecycles.»

DmC Devil May Cry is looking like a commercial failure at this point doing worse that Ni No Kuni as NPD February sales are leaking out as they usually do.

Lots of great Nintendo stuff to talk about, as well as NPD info and a very special conversation about Skyward Sword from Deux.

In psychology and psychiatry, excessive narcissism is recognized as a severe personality dysfunction or personality disorder, most characteristically Narcissistic personality disorder, also referred to as NPD.

«For as long as NPD has been tracking the eating habits of Americans — which is since 1976 — they have been expressing a desire to eat healthier foods and beverages,» says Harry Balzer, chief industry analyst and author of «Eating Patterns in America.»

The company is winning market share, growing sales even as NPD reports industrywide declines in consumer - electronics sales.

Not exact matches

«When they're not making as much money, people will be a lot more sourpuss on them,» says Stephen Baker, vice-president of consumer electronics analysis at market research firm NPD Group.

«They did not keep their basketball offerings updated enough and at the same time we went through a fashion shift away from basketball as the preferred fashion shoe in the United States, so it was a double whammy,» said NPD analyst Matt Powell.

Twenty - eight percent of U.S. music listeners cite country as their favorite genre, more than any other format, according to The NPD Group.

As foot traffic flattens, delivery sales have increased by 20 % over the last five years, according to industry research firm NPD Group.

This year, says NPD's Cohen, about 25 percent of retailers will start Cyber Monday deals earlier than its designated day as well.

The findings are in line with a report released by The NPD Group reported earlier this year, which said sales of licensed toys outperformed the industry as a whole by rising 3 percent in 2013.

This year's show comes just as intimate apparel sales are beginning to come back following a slowdown during the recession, said Marshal Cohen, retail industry analyst with NPD Group.

In 2013, traffic fell 2 % after falling 2 % in 2012 as well, according to data from consumer market research company NPD Group.

«It just made people say, «Maybe their other food products are emulating this change to quality as well,»» explains Carter of NPD.

At the same time, NPD notes that retailers such as Nordstrom, Abercrombie and Fitch and Aeropostale will be offering more items at full price and minimizing promotions this holiday season.

It's a tried - and - true tactic, but one that hurt the company as the U.S. toy market overall was slowing down, dropping 4 % last year, according to market researcher NPD Group.

NPD Sports Industry Analyst Matt Powell points to the footwear category as offering some options for everyone: «Though they're not marketed as «asexual», there are shoes that were once strictly men's shoes that have become gender neutral.»

Adidas last year overtook Nike's Jordan as the No. 2 brand in U.S. sports footwear, behind the U.S. company's flagship label, according to NPD analyst Matt Powell.

«It makes perfect sense that as online grocery shopping grows it will drive the adoption of meal kits,» Darren Seifer, food and beverage industry analyst at The NPD Group, said in a statement.

The NPD Group, Inc., Strong Holiday Season Ahead for Wearables as Fitness Device Awareness Doubles, November 5, 2014.

I say this as gently and lovingly as I can... there is help for NPD's but they have to first accept the diagnosis.

So for them to think a blogger who has allowed discussion on the issues surrounding Tony as a public figure who used his privilege to control — is going to take it down blog posts simply because those who support the NPD or the NPD himself claims the «court» says so, must think we all fell off the turnip truck.

Yeah, I was surprised to find about the term as specifically applied to NPDs.

I ask because I myself have wondered if the pulpit makes a convenient place for someone with NPD to affirm themselves as right and to give themselves the constant control and me - centered affection they are dependent upon.

They say that NPD households are one of the least researched because there's usually a code of silence in the family as a result of emotional manipulation.

Some independents added units and now operate between 3 and 19 locations; NPD refers to these operators as microchains.

In NPD's CREST foodservice market research — which tracks daily how consumers use restaurants — consumers are asked if they ordered something off the menu that was listed as «high - protein,» «whole grain,» «sugar - free» or described in another way.

The incidence of consumers ordering food described on the menu as «gluten - free» or «wheat - free» has grown over time and is now more than double what it was four years ago — accounting for more than 200 million restaurant visits in the past year, NPD reports.

United Biscuits has injected huge efforts into new product development (NPD), range extensions and flavor variants as it heads into 2013 minus its flagship snacks arm KP Snacks.

The quest to combine taste and health is driving NPD, as the industry faces the challenge of balancing public demand to reduce added sugars and create indulgent experiences, while at the same time presenting clean label products.

While brands held a 55 % share of total NPD in 2010, the balance tipped in 2011 in favour of own labels as they accounted for 54 % of NPD, compared to 46 % for brands.

With the UK described as a «shop window on the world of wine», Harpers Editor Andrew Catchpole brings together leading figures at the forefront of NPD, exploring the latest consumer focused developments, the economic imperative of embracing research and change, while asking why wine appears to be lagging behind rival categories of spirits and beers, plus the advances embraced in other global markets

The award - winning brand, which is Number One in its sector in the UK and one of the top five in the world, is owned by Cramlington - headquartered Mayborn Group, which has announced the appointment of James Young as Global Head of NPD.

The number of adults in America who are think they should cut back or avoid gluten - containing foods has grown to 30 % as of January 2013 according to a survey by The NPD Group, a global information company that conducts bi-weekly surveys on health trends.

«While the sportswear industry is very progressive on many levels, it does think the same way as it has forever, and I think this is a case that really illustrates that,» says Matt Powell, sports industry analyst at the NPD Group.

According to the NPD, it serves as both a viable third console, but also a replacement for both the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita markets.

Whether that comes as a surprise to you or not, the NPD Group has just released their sales numbers for the top - selling titles of 2017, and NBA 2K18 kicked some serious ass all around.

As Sony doesn't release hardware numbers with the monthly NPD results, it's sometimes difficult to gauge the performance of the Vita.

Sea of Thieves came in as the No. 2 game for the month, which is arguably a surprise — it was the first big game to launch day and date through Xbox Game Pass, which is not accounted for in NPD's numbers.

«Momentum for the tablet PC market is in full swing as it has become the dominant mobile PC form factor,» said Richard Shim, senior analyst at NPD DisplaySearch.

Bestseller lists are focused on fiction and non-fiction new releases, and high - profile bestseller lists such as the Globe & Mail and the New York Times compile their lists with weekly sales data from BookNet Canada and NPD BookScan (formerly Nielsen Bookscan) but then further curate them.

Sales are hurting for several of the eliminated categories as of April 2017, with graphic novels 5 percent down in sales relative to this period last year, romance sales down 10 percent, and mass market sales down 6 percent, according to the NPD Group (formerly Nielsen Bookscan).

A new report from NPD DisplaySearch predicts that shipments of tablets that are between 7 to 7.9 inches in size, such as the iPad mini, will begin to lose market share compared to larger tablet products, thanks in part to competition from larger smartphones.

With the acquisition, NPD will offer sales tracking for physical and digital books as well as buyer demographics and insights into print and digital preferences and trends.

Despite that, research group The NPD Group recently announced that, for third quarter, RIM's BlackBerry Curve 8500 series lagged behind only Apple's iPhone 4 as the top handset model among U.S. consumers.

It's not the first time we've heard such rumors: DigiTimes has already mentioned a $ 99 Nexus in the past, and CNET last week cited an NPD analyst as confirming a $ 99 Nexus would go into production before the year's end.

According to the research performed by NPD, not only has screen size emerged as a key differentiator for tablets, it has also been the leading indicator of different types of tablet usage.