Smart Speaker Users By Brand, 2018-2020 [CHART]

While Amazon’s Echo is the most popular smart speaker in the US, it’s losing share as speaker rivalry heats up. This year, Amazon is capturing roughly two-thirds of the US smart speaker audience, and that figure will decrease to 60.8% by 2020.

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Preferred Shopping Method Among Online Buyers [CHART]

The fastest-growing category on Amazon this year is food and beverage, up 40.1%, with the health, personal care and beauty category close behind at 37.9%. While sales volume is still small, the uptick shows consumers are turning to ecommerce more often for everyday items and grocery shopping.

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How Job Candidates Evaluate Employer Brands [CHART]

Chart: How Job Candidates Evaluate Employer Brands

More than two-thirds of job candidates believe that employer brand strength is important (35%) or very important (34%) when they’re evaluating a new job opportunity. The results indicate that employees can be a “valuable asset” in communicating brand strength.

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How Single 30-45 Women See Themselves [CHART]

Chart: Single Women Ages 30 45 Self-Attributes

Adults in the US are increasingly putting off marriage until later years, if at all. Indeed, a recent Pew Research Data analysis indicates that 57% of 21-36-year-olds have never married, compared to just one-third (33%) of people that age back in 1985.

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Patriotism By Generation [CHART]

Chart: Patriotism by Generation

In its survey of 5,001 consumers ages 16-65, Brand Keys found that just 42% of Gen Z respondents identify as ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ patriotic, as do only a slim majority (53%) of Millennials.

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Challenges Of Chatbot Use [CHART]

Chart: Challenges Of Chatbot Use

These AI-powered helpers can answer questions 24/7 and don’t make users wait on hold, but not everyone sees the benefits of interacting with chatbots in lieu of other channels.

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Teen Social Media Use By Network [CHART]

Chart: Teen Social Media Use By Network

The number of Facebook users in the US will inch up 0.9% this year to 169.5 million. While growth has plateaued, Facebook is still the most used social network among all age groups, except for teens.

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