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Amazon MP3 Sales Only 10% Of iTunes; Little Turnover, Says NPD

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2008-04-15 18:39:27 by Paul Glazowski in Mashable!
...NPD Group. The point NPD happens to raise now is, like most another other to come before, primarily about market share, and that regardless of whether Amazon MP3 really has grown to top-two or top-three prominence, theres one thing Jeff Bezos still needs to consider: iTunes is still very much the king of the hill. Or jungle. Or whatever...
 
Tags: amazon mp3, amazon mp3 sales, amazon, itunes, amazon ups, sales, itunes community, npd, cnets news blog
 
 
 
 
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NPD reports iPhone was top US handset in Q3

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2008-11-10 10:40:00 by Michael Rose in The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
...NPD Group's latest research shows a surprising finish for the iPhone in the 3rd-quarter sales competition among US cellphones bought by consumers; for the first time in three years, there's a new top model. The Motorola RAZR, long the most popular handset for adult consumers, has fallen before the touchable juggernaut from Cupertino, CA Yes,...
 
Tags: iphone, handset, quarter, 3rd-quarter sales competition, top, sales, npd, motorola, motorola razr
 
 
 
 
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NPD: Mac U.S. Sales In November Fell 38 Percent

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2008-12-16 15:29:49 by Ed Sutherland in Cult of Mac
...NPD The figure compares to a 15 percent drop in U.S. sales of Windows desktop PCs and a 20 percent domestic cut for overall desktop sales during the past month Mac U.S. sales were flat in November, falling 1 percent as PC sales grew 2 percent, according to NPD. The numbers appear to reflect a consumer spending tightening and Apples reluctance...
 
Tags: mac, percent, sales, mac desktop sales, desktop sales, percent drop, percent versus, percent discounts, percent domestic cut
 
 
 
 
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Apple Mac Sales Growth Dives In August. Hope Those New MacBooks Show Up In October (AAPL)

2008-09-15 15:27:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...NPD Group. But September quarter sales are still on track to beat Wall Street's expectations, and new Macs -- which should boost December quarter sales -- are reportedly on the way Mac unit sales increased 23% year-over-year in August, a deceleration from 43% year-over-year growth in July, according to NPD Group data analyzed by Piper...
 
Tags: growth, apple, ipod sales growth, sales, iphone growth ramps, macs, september quarter, september quarter sales, cheaper macs
 
 
 
 
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A Third of IPhone Users Switched Carriers As Apple Leads Smartphone Sales

2008-10-06 14:57:37 by Ed Sutherland in Cult of Mac
 
...NPD Group announced That compares to the 24 percent industry average for smartphone buyers Almost half (47 percent) of those new AT&T customers came at the expense of Verizon Wireless. Twenty-four percent of iPhone users were T-Mobile subscribers, while 19 percent switched from Sprint, according to the report T-Mobile had already lost...
 
Tags: iphone, iphone users, percent, thirty percent, smartphone, twenty-four percent, percent industry average, lost subscribers, subscribers
 
 
 
 
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Apple's iPhone Top-Selling U.S. Consumer Smartphone This Summer, Verizon The Big Loser

2008-10-06 12:47:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...NPD Group. Making this more impressive: NPD is counting sales from June through August, but the iPhone didn't go on sale until July 11 -- almost halfway through that period NPD says the new iPhone accounted for 24% of phones sold to U.S. consumers from June through August, more than double the 11% market share its predecessor garnered from...
 
Tags: non-att market share, share, iphone, non-att, cheaper iphone, iphone buyers, non-att market, market share, iphone-clone samsung instinct
 
 
 
 
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iPhone Tops RAZR as Most Purchased Mobile Phone

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2008-11-10 18:12:00 by -Administration- in Hack that iPhone and iTouch: Learn How To Jailbreak, Hack and Unlock Apple Gadgets
...NPD Group, Apple's iPhone 3G surpassed the top-ranked Motorola RAZR as the leading handset purchased by adult consumers* in the U.S. in the third quarter (Q3) of 2008. RAZR had been ranked by NPD as the top-selling consumer handset for the past 12 quarters Even with stronger consumer sales of iPhone, and the mobile phone market's normal...
 
Tags: domestic handset purchases, handset, top handset models, percent, razr, percent noted, iphone, handset design, apple iphone
 
 
 
 
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Apple Earnings: Last-Minute Retail Data Suggest Mac Upside (AAPL)

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2008-07-21 15:15:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
...NPD Group suggest possible upside for Apple's main growth driver -- Mac computers. Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster analyzed NPD's Mac and iPod data and estimates 2.35 to 2.4 million Macs sold, above the Street's 2.2 million consensus, but slightly below AmTech's prediction of 2.5 million Macs. Caveat: NPD doesn't include education spending,...
 
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iTunes Remains Top US Music Retailer

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2008-08-05 23:49:03 by Lonnie Lazar in iPhone nano - Apple iPhone Articles
...NPD Group, a leading market researcher Apples digital distribution sales outpaced the three leading physical cd distributors, WalMart, Best Buy, and Target. Amazon, which launched a digital distribution service last year, moved from fifth place into fourth based on consumers increasing preference for downloading files over owning physical...
 
Tags: music, music retailer, retail music market, market music, tracks digital music, npd, npd combines digital, music purchases, subscription