NPD Group News

There's a lot of innovation in grilling - everything from fancy briquettes to gadgets that help grill veggies to perfection.

A five-day break and a visit to a bigger ballpark didn't do anything to slow down Austin Peay's... Carly Rae Jepsen -- or, her legs -- went au naturale at the Billboard Music Awards on May 19 in Las Vegas.

NPD DisplaySearch today announced that Brandon McNulty, Managing Director and CTO for the International Speedway Corporation, which owns and operates 13 of the nations premier motorsports entertainment facilities, will provide the keynote address at the FPD Conference at InfoComm on June 11 in Orlando, Florida.

Research from Port Washington, N.Y.-based NPD Group shows that in the 12 months ended March 2013, sales of home beverage appliances were more than $2.6 billion.

Have you heard someone say " Gluten Free " and "Organic" diets promote healthier lifestyles? I dipped into some recent research and science experts' opinions to see what they say.

Panel suppliers are being forced to reshape their large area TFT LCD business plans this year as market demand for various applications continues to change rapidly.

If restaurants operated like pharmacies, bread and pasta would be kept behind the counter as controlled substances.

Sales of prestige beauty products in US department stores surged 12% to $2.6 billion in the first quarter of 2013, according to The NPD Group.

The latest data from the NPD Group shows that domestic sales of Mac computers were about even year over year in the month of April, which one analyst interprets as potentially a positive sign for Apple.

Global smartphone shipments will surpass shipments of basic and feature phones for the first time in 2013.

American Women are 15% more likely to snack than their male counterparts, according to research from The NPD Group's SnackTrack.

According to the NPD Group, the average tablet user watched two and a half hours of Netflix video per week.

The Justice League helped a fighting game battle its way to the top. Also continuing signs that consumers are waiting for new video game systems on the way Superhero fighting game 'Injustice: Gods Among Us' became the first fighting game to top The NPD Group's monthly sales chart in two years.

The global large screen public display market is forecast to grow at 23% compounded annually from 2013 through 2017, according to the latest NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly FPD Public Display Shipment and Forecast Report .

The competition for your ears - and dollars - just got a little tougher. On Wednesday, Google launched a paid music subscription service that will put it in direct competition with other streaming services like Spotify and Pandora.

According to The NPD Group , a global information company, in the first quarter of 2013, year-over-year total smartphone sales increased 42 percent, with one-third of the actual unit volume increase represented by prepaid smartphone sales.

Snack marketers have a lot on their plate these days: The macro- and micro-trends that underpin their product categories - and by extension dictate their go-to-market strategies - have become as abundant as an overflowing bowl of snacks.

The NPD Group Inc. said U.S. prestige women's fragrance dollar sales jumped 8% while units were up 3%, and the average price was up 5% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same time period last year.

McDonald's is considering putting breakfast on the all-day menu, not long after Wendy's earlier this year ended its national breakfast experiment.

By now you've likely noticed the ever-widening variety of gluten-free products in local supermarkets as food makers race to meet demand for these specialized offerings.