Sentences with phrase «said npd»
«The industry drove the highest April hardware dollar sales since April 2011,» said NPD group in their report.
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«Destiny 2 was the top - selling game in September, driving more launch month consumer spend than any other 2017 release to date,» said NPD analyst Mat Piscatella.
«In April 2016, overall trends (hardware, new physical software, and accessories) were down 15 % (or $ 88.5 million) compared to April 2015 due to a $ 41.6 million decline in hardware and a $ 52.8 million decline in software, with the $ 5.9 million growth in accessories unable to offset these losses,» said The NPD Group's Liam Callahan.
«Over the first twelve months in market, Nintendo Switch has achieved the highest installed base for a console platform in history,» said NPD analyst Mat Piscatella.
«According to November 2013 NPD Data, NBA 2K14 was the best - selling sports video game on next generation consoles, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and was the number four best - selling next - gen game overall,» said NPD analyst Liam Callahan.
«While the Google - developed (operating system) took market share from RIM, Apple's saw a small gain this quarter on the strength of the iPhone 4 launch,» said NPD executive director of analysis Ross Rubin.
said NPD Group analyst Stephen Baker.
There's plenty of room for everyone, said NPD analyst Joe Derochowski.
«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.
This year, says NPD's Cohen, about 25 percent of retailers will start Cyber Monday deals earlier than its designated day as well.
The chain's new line of espresso - based drinks — lattes, mochas and flavour shots galore — has been selling reasonably well, says NPD.
Ankle biters is what we call them,» says NPD's Jensen.
Not exact matches
But Sinclair's point about a highly promotional holiday season echoes what NPD had said in that firm's industry report.
The results should not have been entirely surprising: NPD Group has said that its data showed that sales at athletic and sporting goods retailers were down by a low - double digit percentage in the quarter.
But Nintendo's hybrid gaming system — it's part - handheld, part - home console, hence the name — has topped the charts in four of the last six months since its launch in March 2017, NPD Group says.
«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.
«Away - from - home coffee sales are on the rise,» says Darren Seifer, food and beverages industry analyst at NPD Group, «especially in the afternoon.
«Everyone's got a health message out there these days,» says Darren Seifer, a food and beverage industry analyst at market research firm the NPD Group.
Darren Seifer, food consumption industry analyst for NPD Group, notes that most adults say the best protein sources are animals.
Katz has hit on a growing — if still small — market, says Darren Seifer, a food and beverage industry analyst for the New York City - based research firm NPD Group.
The NPD Group tracks customers» perception of food quality, and «McDonald's traditionally has always ranked lowest,» says Robert Carter, NPD's executive director of food service in Canada.
Still, looking ahead, Russ Crupnick, NPD's senior vice president, industry analysis, says he expects kiosks to remain viable for at least the next three to five years.
But NPD Group says that orders placed with a mobile app are growing more strongly, likely bolstered by the efforts digital leaders like Starbucks (sbux) and Domino's (dpz) have made to make app - based ordering.
«I think they're the future of retail,» says Tamara Szames, the fashion industry expert at market research consultancy NPD Group.
«Growth in the men's online market has slowed,» says Tamara Szames of NPD.
«After two years on the market, combined PS4 and Xbox One sales are 38 % higher than the combined two year totals for PS3 and 360,» says Liam Callahan, analyst for The NPD Group.
«It has a lot of buzz,» says Liam Callahan, games industry analyst for The NPD Group.
«It's still a challenging environment, with fierce battles for market share,» says Bonnie Riggs, NPD's restaurant industry analyst.
Market research firm NPD says Fitbit «remains the only activity tracker brand that consumers request by name on a regular basis,» and reports ownership of Fitbit devices has increased 13 percent since February.
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.
«These days, consumers don't care whether you call it Black Friday or Cyber Monday — all they care about is the price,» says Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at the NPD Group.
But NPD analyst Darren Seifer says with 60 % of millennials having purchased something from Amazon in the last year, «it's not that much of transition to then buy meal kits.»
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.
«There are pockets driven by technology,» says Juli Lennett, an NPD analyst.
«Forty - eight percent of dinner meals purchased from a restaurant today are eaten at home,» says David Portalatin, a food industry analyst at research firm NPD.
«I'd rather buy something online because I'll know instantly if I've gotten it or not,» says Cohen of NPD, who notes that scoring a Black Friday deal online makes it unnecessary to wait until Cyber Monday.
Marshal Cohen of consumer - analysis firm NPD says ThirdLove's insight — pioneering cup half - sizes — is revelatory.
«If you looked at the entire American diet 10 years ago, and the diet today, the thing that has increased most is this product called yogurt,» says Harry Balzer, the chief food analyst at market research firm NPD Group.
«It just made people say, «Maybe their other food products are emulating this change to quality as well,»» explains Carter of NPD.
Research firm NPD Group earlier this month warned much of the same would continue in 2017: it sees stalled growth and says those cutting back on restaurant visits are doing so because they think prices are too high.
The arrival of Nintendo's Wii U last year didn't invigorate game sales, which research firm NPD Group said have dropped 9 per cent over last year.
«There's absolutely room for [Tim Hortons] to grow,» says Robert Carter, executive director of NPD Group.
It's just implementing them in a product, showing consumers that it has a value and can do things better than they were doing before,» says consumer tech analyst Benjamin Arnold at the NPD Group.
Awareness of these products has grown tremendously over the past year, and there are a diverse number of products on the market offering a variety of features and price points,» said Ben Arnold, Executive Director, Industry Analyst, Consumer Electronics, The NPD Group.
«The challenge isn't just selling better features and specifications today, but also focusing on meaningful innovation that makes the next gadget purchased more valuable than the last», Stephen Baker, NPD's vice president of industry analysis, says.
Research firm Kantar Retail's Leon Nicholas said retailers would open the promotional floodgates in October, while NPD's Cohen expects an early November start compared to last year's mid-November kick off.
«Giving an intangible gift, an experience, can be more personal and more memorable for the gift recipient,» said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at NPD, in a statement.
Fitbit said in its IPO filing it had an 85 percent share in dollar terms of the U.S. connected activity tracker market in the first quarter of 2015, citing data from NPD Group.
«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.
In women's products, Nike «is growing in the low single digits, which means it is a long way away from where it wants to be,» said Matt Powell, a sports industry analyst at the NPD Group.