Shopper Intelligence

New research from Constellation Brands taps into Nielsen Homescan, Spectra data for a deep, segmented analysis of wine shoppers

CHICAGO -- Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) and The NPD Group, Inc. are collaborating to launch the Beauty Cross Channel Monitor, which the partners said is the U.S. beauty industry's first cross-channel retail tracking system.

PHILADELPHIA and SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), a market research and strategic consulting firm specializing in health, wellness, and sustainability, and The Nielsen Company have reached an agreement to provide in-depth insights into NMI's Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability (LOHAS) consumer segmentation model and expertise.

YONKERS, N.Y. -- Women who use coupons and store loyalty cards save over 10 percent a year on groceries, or the equivalent of $678 a year, according to the results of a new consumer poll conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, and published in the March 2008 issue of ShopSmart magazine.

NEW YORK -- A new report from market intelligence firm Packaged Facts here, "The African-American Market in the U.S.," predicts that the buying power of 39 million African-Americans will reach $1.1 trillion by 2012.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has named the NPD Group, Inc. Syndicated Supplier of the Year in the Insights and Customer Strategy Department.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Retailers and manufacturers looking to see more green should increase marketing to those shoppers who also see green, according to a new study by Catalina Marketing.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Retailers and manufacturers looking to see more green should increase marketing to those shoppers who also see green, according to a new study by Catalina Marketing.