Consumer Behavior
Unethical Consumer Review Practices Committed By Businesses, November 2014 [CHART]
64% of internet users said they thought individuals wrote online reviews without actually having purchased a product or service.
Read MoreRetail eCommerce Sales As A Percent Of Total Sales By Country, 2013-2018 [TABLE]
China and the UK, have much higher proportions of online-to-total retail sales than the US, and ecommerce trends in each market are unique.
Read MoreWhy People Post Online Reviews By Age, November 2014 [TABLE]
Among US internet users who posted online customer reviews, the top reason for doing so was to help others make better purchasing decisions, cited by 62%.
Read MoreTop 10 Countries By Retail eCommerce Sales, 2013-2018 [TABLE]
China and the US are by far the world’s leading ecommerce markets, combining for more than 55% of global internet retail sales in 2014.
Read MoreGlobal Retail eCommerce Sales, 2013-2018 [CHART]
eCommerce will account for 5.9% of the total retail market worldwide in 2014, or $1.316 trillion.
Read MoreTotal Global Retail Sales, 2013-2018 [CHART]
Retail sales worldwide—including both in-store and internet purchases—will reach $22.492 trillion this year, according to new figures from eMarketer.
Read MoreUS Tablet Gamers, 2013-2018 [TABLE]
This year, 106.5 million people, or 72.4% of tablet users, will play games via tablet regularly.
Read MoreUS Tablet Users By Race/Ethnicity, 2013-2018 [TABLE]
US Hispanics will have the highest tablet penetration rate of any race or ethnicity through at least 2018.
Read MorePrimary Device Used To Share Current Events, Q3 2014 [CHART]
With Facebook still leading in social network adoption, it is overwhelmingly the dominant channel for discussion about current events.
Read MorePrimary Social Channel In Which People Discuss Current Events, Q3 2014 [CHART]
On regular news days, desktops account for the same amount of content sharing as smartphones—43%.
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