Activision Blizzard and NPD did not return calls requesting comment on the NPD sales data.
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Powered by NPD BookScan © 2017 NPD Group Compiled by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Bill Trott
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The list, calculated by the NPD Group, uses data that is not inflation adjusted (NPD looks at gross sales) and does not have hard dollar or unit sale figures (NPD stopped releasing those years ago).
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As only one percent of the population has a clinical diagnosis of NPD, not all echoists will have been in relationships with individuals with diagnosed NPD, but rather with broader narcissistic tendencies.
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NPD is not a reason that someone wouldn't be president.
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First half toy sales rose 7 percent, according to NPD.
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The firm's research analyzed sales data from The NPD Group.
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Welcoming Tuesday's ruling, the NPD said it would now rebuild.
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NPD anticipates this additional weekday before Christmas will help retailers.
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"The athletes give them legitimacy," said Mr. Cohen of NPD.
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Output topped Norway's official forecast by 13.2%, the NPD said.
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"Ironically, Steve Jobs was also a classic case of NPD leader."
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Streaming video accounts for 83% of total data consumed, per NPD.
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There's plenty of room for everyone, said NPD analyst Joe Derochowski.
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Only 5 percent of households own multi-cookers, according to NPD.
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The last time this happened was in 2013, according to NPD.
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Dollar sales were up 21 percent mid-year, NPD Group said.
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But, according to NPD Group, a market research firm, L.O.L. Surprise!
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This argument that NPD should disqualify Trump from presidency doesn't make sense.
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NPD reported a 43 percent growth in smart home sales in 2017.
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True narcissistic personality disorder, or NPD, affects about 1% of the population.
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Some 42 percent of consumers spent money on Amazon, according to NPD.
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"It's very Instagrammable," said Larissa Jensen, a beauty industry analyst at NPD.
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"Volume still comes from brick-and-mortars," Ms. Jensen of NPD said.
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Whether or not Trump has NPD, he clearly has the NP part.
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" Not long after, NPD president David McQuillan announced in a Games Industry interview that NPD had formed a leader panel with nine "leading" publishers to "track digital [point-of-sale] sales of full game and add-on content downloads.
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Star Wars is the number one global toy property, according to NPD Group.
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Bluetooth headphones are taking over the market, according to the latest NPD data.
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The NPD predicts growth picking up as more health features come to smartwatches.
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According to NPD, the Wii U sold 220,000 units from April through September.
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Delivery accounts for just 3 percent at this point, according to NPD data.
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Far from it, actually, according to a report from NPD Group released recently.
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According to NPD Group, it accounts for more than $153 billion in sales.
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And that's exactly what's happening, according to a new study by NPD Group.
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Is there a common "tell" you've noticed among people with full blown NPD?
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The company is currently a partner in seven production licences, NPD data showed.
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"There are a few brands that are growing," said NPD analyst Joe Derochowski.
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NPD surveyed nearly 3,3.63 U.S. consumers in September on their holiday purchase intentions.
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Driving that growth was primarily greater sales of women's athleisure merchandise, NPD said.
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Apparel dollar sales are up 373% for female boomers, according to NPD Group.
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NPD membership has fallen to just 5,200 from around 7,000 a decade ago.
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The plaintiffs, and many experts on radicalism, argued that the NPD nonetheless remained dangerous.
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Tur's book has sold more than 20163,000 print hardcover copies, according to NPD BookScan.
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NPD attributes this Bluetooth milestone to the steadily decreasing price for Bluetooth-connected headphones.
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According to the NPD group, 18% of Americans are trying to eat less meat.
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New numbers from NPD, naturally, don't show any sign of flagging for the category.
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Only 5 percent of consumers actually live a "clean eating" lifestyle, according to NPD.
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These were the 10 best-selling games of September, according to The NPD Group:
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NPD expects organic food sales will soar by 16 percent over the next decade.
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But it's a market that could potentially boom, according to research by NPD Group.
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According to the NPD Group, only 11.5 percent of American households own electric multicookers.
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Still, NPD acknowledges that the fastest-growing segment in the bike market is electric.
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According to NPD Group, the toy industry only grew by 1 percent in 2017.
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In 2017, sales of collectibles worldwide grew 14 percent to $3.9 billion, according to NPD.
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The game is among the year's top 10 selling items this year, according to NPD.
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The NPD, a neo-Nazi outfit, had seats in Saxony's parliament from 2004 to 2014.
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NPD Group also said active bottoms and leggings alone make up a $1 billion industry.
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Nintendo had a very good month in mobile gaming, according to NPD Group's latest data.
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Eighteen percent of Americans are trying to eat less meat, according to the NPD Group.
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The morning remains the only growth market for the fast-food industry, according to NPD.
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Shoppers now spend $7.8 billion on sleepwear, an 8 percent annual increase, according to NPD.
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NPD attributed the unusual spending patterns to both above-average temperatures and shifting shopper preferences.
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Trump appears to exhibit all the symptoms of the mental disorder Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).
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NPD Group estimated that 35 percent of consumers "don't even know" what subscription services are.
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Lunch represents 33 percent of total food-service industry traffic, according to the NPD Group.
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The NPD will conduct the surveys in the areas which Norway has not opened exploration.
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The NPD Group found that 18% of Americans are trying to reduce their meat consumption.
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El NPD obtuvo el 0,4 por ciento del voto en las elecciones parlamentarias de 2017.
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It continues to sit atop the console sales charts posted by analytics firms like NPD.
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Sales in the first half of 2018 jumped 7 percent to $5003 billion, NPD said.
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Both the games were among the top-10 selling video games in June, according to NPD.
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Both the games were among the top-27.21 selling video games in June, according to NPD.
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In fact, NPD expects a lot of toy sales to come from these higher ticket items.
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About 6% of Americans do at least some of their grocery shopping online, NPD Group found.
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"Mobile ordering and payment will grow exponentially," Bonnie Riggs, a restaurant analyst at NPD, told CNBC.
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Last year, the toy industry grew 5 percent, reaching $1003 billion, according to the NPD Group.
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Correction: In the second quarter of 2019, prestige makeup was down 4%, according to NPD Group.
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And 78% of online swimsuit shoppers say they're loyal to just one brand, NPD Group found.
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The 2015 Force Friday contributed 3.7 percent to "Star Wars" sales that year, NPD data showed.
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Industry-wide sales of toys fell 23 percent in 2018, according to market researcher NPD Group.
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Data tracker NPD Group estimates Star Wars toys rang up $700 million in sales last year.
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"Super Mario Maker 2" topped the June sales charts, according to data from the NPD Group.
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According to research firm NPD, "Red Dead Redemption 2" was the best-selling game of 2018.
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The consulting firm NPD Group estimated that only 4% of U.S. consumers have even tried them.
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The book sold 65,000 hardcover copies in its first week on sale, according to NPD BookScan.
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National spending on games during the same year was $29.1 billion, according to the NPD Group.
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And millennials who identify themselves as "makeup enthusiasts," NPD found, are using six products each day.
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Last year, toy sales were estimated to reach $27 billion based on consumer data from NPD.
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"Controversy is good for sales," Matt Powell, senior sports industry adviser at NPD Group, told Reuters.
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"This is clearly not a blip — it's a major shift," NPD Group analyst Beth Goldstein said.
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Wii Fit remains one of the best-selling games in the United States, according to NPD.
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"The Gap historically has been criticized that they overbuilt," said Marshal Cohen, analyst at NPD Group.
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You won't find "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" on any of The NPD Group's monthly video game sales charts.
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The toy industry grew 1 percent to $20.7 billion in 2017, according to the NPD Group.
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The average meal made from a kit costs $10 per person, according to the NPD Group.
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"There's momentum in breakfast as a consumer trend," said David Portalatin, food industry analyst at NPD.
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Matt Powell, a senior adviser with market research firm NPD Group, predicted the boycott would fizzle.
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"The message to his anti-Semitic fans is clear: There's no need for the NPD because the AfD is your political home," Beck said, in a reference to the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD), which Germany's Constitutional Court has said resembled Adolf Hitler's Nazi party.
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According to The NPD Group, consumer electronics revenue decreased 2.8 percent in the quarter ended Jan. 28.
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On Wednesday, Diaby filed criminal charges against Facebook users who posted racist slurs under the NPD post.
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The latest figures out of NPD show a continued uptick in smartwatch sales here in the States.
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Netgear really likes to show a slide from NPD every time it announces a new Arlo product.
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Within that, brands like Nike reign supreme, according to NPD Group's retail and footwear analyst Matt Powell.
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NPD says no weapons were actually involved, and that there was no active threat to the community.
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NPD also found that about half of the online spending done by Echo owners happens at Amazon.
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"It's going to be a lackluster holiday," said Marshal Cohen, chief industry advisor for The NPD Group.
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Industry-wide, the games segment saw sales soar 20 percent in 2016, according to the NPD Group.
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The NPD Group recently found that sugar is the No. 1 ingredient Americans are looking to avoid.
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They grew 68 percent to $264.5 million in the 12 months ended in October, according to NPD.
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NPD Group found that US quick-service restaurants' same-store sales were up by 4.4% in August.
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Meantime, NPD Group has estimated that 35 percent of consumers "don't even know" what subscription services are.
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Collectible toy sales surged 33 percent to $1.8 billion in 2016 from the prior year, NPD said.
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In 212.1, milk consumption represented a 22019% share of all eating occasions, according to the NPD Group.
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The NPD was also represented in a number of state parliaments, but had too much in-fighting.
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From June 2016 to June 2017, sales of blind packs grew 48 percent, according to NPD Group.
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In the US, Chromebooks had a market share of around 27% last November, according to NPD/Gfk.
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Wii Fit sigue siendo uno de los juegos más vendidos en Estados Unidos, de acuerdo con NPD.
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Nonfiction sales jumped generally, lifted by the popularity of political and self-help books, NPD Group found.
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The NPD Group, which tracks toy sales during the holidays, has yet to release its final figures.
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"It's a very, very solid company," says Matt Powell, sports industry analyst at market research firm NPD.
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NPD says that nearly three-fourths of consumers are at least aware that 5G is a thing.
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In the same period, sales of plant-based burgers grew 10% to 228 million, according to NPD.
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Declining public support for the NPD may make this harder to prove, said a senior legal source.
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NPD lawyer Richter said he had never heard of Bauer and had no comment on his allegations.
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Source: NPD "The challenge for retail is to harness the personal need drivers behind this early spending, convert it into a continued desire to spend on more traditional gift items throughout the season, and do so in ways that extends beyond deep discounting," NPD analyst Marshal Cohen said.
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Overall, the number of shoppers who procrastinate to buy gifts is declining, according to NPD Group's Marshal Cohen.
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Breakfast sales at fast-food restaurants rose 1% last year, but overall sales were flat, according to NPD.
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The NPD Group has compiled a list of the top selling console video games since 1995 for CNBC.
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Frenck left the NPD to become an independent in 20143, and the party has since collapsed almost entirely.
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Jagsch belongs to the National Democratic Party (NPD), and is its lead candidate in local elections this month.
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The toy industry is expected to increase sales by 6.5 percent this year, according to The NPD Group.
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Eighteen percent of U.S. consumers are trying to eat more plant-based foods, according to the NPD Group.
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In a 2016 report, NPD Group said commercial drone sales skyrocketed by more than 200 percent from 2015.
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The NPD Group reported in March that 92 percent of U.S. households keep hot sauce in their kitchens.
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Research from The NPD Group has apparel growing 1 percent, while the denim industry is growing 5 percent.
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In terms of foot traffic, analysts at The NPD Group predict a similar trend as Technomic's sales projection.
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"It's going to take [Chipotle] time to get back on track," said Bonnie Riggs, an NPD Group analyst.
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The NPD, which looks and smells like a neo-Nazi party, was assigned brown to suggest Hitler's "brownshirts".
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Pachter added the September NPD "Destiny 22014" sales data missed his forecast for the game by 2360 percent.
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Whole Foods and Amazon share some of the same demographic trends, according to data from the NPD Group.
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Whole Foods stores are in more affluent areas in neighborhoods that skew younger, according to The NPD Group.
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When they see us, one of them shouts out, "I'm voting the NPD!" and does the Hitler salute.
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Fashion brands "are going to have to run pretty fast to catch up," said Mr. Cohen of NPD.
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Toys 'R' Us alone had accounted for 12 percent of all toy sales nationwide, according to NPD Group.
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Like MasterCard's data, NPD sees a surge in the second week with sales up 9 percent from 2016.
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Athletic footwear sales declined 14% in February comparing year over year, according to industry analysts the NPD Group.
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"Puma, like many small brands, is growing faster than the market," NPD group retail analyst Matt Powell said.
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"The use case for headphones goes beyond audio," says Ben Arnold, a consumer technology analyst at NPD Group.
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Online players still only bring in less than 20 percent of total beauty dollar sales, NPD has found.
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Nike spends $4 billion a year on marketing, according to Matt Powell, an industry analyst at NPD Group.
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After she hung up, she cried at her desk, prompting an NPD sergeant to check in on her.
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"It's way better to have it on a Friday or Saturday," NPD Group analyst Bonnie Riggs told CNBC.
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NPD pulls data from more than 50,213 U.S. consumers who submit photos of their receipts to the firm.
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Last year, toy sales rose 1 percent to $20.7 billion from 2016, according to market researcher NPD Group.
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Oversized handbagsConsumers spent more money on expensive footwear than on handbags in 2019, according to an NPD report.
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"There is too much democracy if you allow anti-democratic forces like (the NPD) to exist," said Bauer.
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NPD lawyer Peter Richter said it was wrong to judge the party based on the actions of individuals.
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For Bauer, banning the NPD is necessary to stop far right politicians from using racist gangs as muscle.
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It sold more than 28,000 copies in the United States in its first week, according to NPD BookScan.
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"The internet and eBay made reselling into a cottage industry," said Matt Powell, an analyst at NPD Group.
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"NBA 262K19", which debuted last September, was the 5th best-selling game of 2018, according to research firm NPD.
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The NPD Group said roughly 50 percent of the category's dollars can be generated during the fourth quarter alone.
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Bible sales in the United States totaled 8.1 million in 2018, according to the NPD, a market research group.
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Especially when you consider that 42,000 total copies of The Mueller Report sold last week, according to NPD Bookscan.
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"NBA 246.3K241", which debuted last September, was the 623th best-selling game of 262, according to research firm NPD.
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Sales of collectibles were up 64 percent in 2016 through September, to more than $220 million, according to NPD.
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The NPD Group found that U.S. sales of prestige facial masks increased 20% from September 2015 to August 2016.
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In 240, sales of collectibles grew 129.993 percent, or $2129.99 million, to reach $290 billion, according to NPD data.
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In 2016, sales of collectibles grew 33 percent, or $332 million, to reach $1.8 billion, according to NPD data.
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When Diaby received a message from a member of his staff, he decided to respond to the NPD post.
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In the women's athletic apparel category, though, Lululemon is second to Nike, according to data compiled by NPD Group.
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A new study out of NPD confirms what we already know about the state of the smartphone in 2019.
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Analyst Bonnie Riggs of the NPD Group spoke with Reuters about why the industry is poised for tough times.
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But a decade later, consumer research firm NPD Group says that Bluetooth headphones have finally outsold their wired competition.
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Americans eat plenty of hot dogs, about 5.8 billion of them every year, according to industry research firm NPD.
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There's a certain NPD slide that Netgear likes to point to in all of its press and investor material.
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NBA 262K19, which debuted last September, was the 5th best-selling game of 2018, according to research firm NPD.
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"NBA 262K19," which debuted last September, was the 5th best-selling game of 2018, according to research firm NPD.
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This Christmas, the first without Toys R Us, toy sales fell 2 percent, according to market researcher NPD Group.
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According to the NPD Group, more than $19 billion dollars was spent on toys in the U.S last year.
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Sales are also off to a slower start in 2017, the NPD group said in a note in July.
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The retailer is also gaining traction in the "$100 and above" segment for adult running footwear, NPD data show.
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Footwear has become the most powerful category in the online luxury market, says a report from The NPD Group.
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Sales of women's bras in the U.S. held steady at nearly $7 billion last year, according to NPD Group.
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In the U.S., the toy sales are poised to grow 4.5 percent this year, according to the NPD Group.
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Sales of mini or travel-size prestige makeup products grew by 58 percent through September 2017, according to NPD.
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Airfryer sales grew 265 percent to $175.4 million in the 503 months ended in September, according to NPD Group.
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In comparison to last year, video game sales in October were down 34 percent, according to the NPD Group.
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A German police report noted that the NPD marchers hung a swastika flag from the balcony of a hotel.
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In 2019 5G was available on only about 1% of phones sold, according to market research firm NPD Group.
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NPD data through March 7 shows the steepest declines in in-store sales occurred in the most recent week.
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Suspension of the NBA season will have a "minor impact" on Nike results, NPD Group analyst Matt Powell said.
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"We wanted to be closer to the people," said Rene Schneemann, the deputy head of the NPD in Eichsfeld.
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In 2016, sales of collectibles grew 33 percent, or $432 million, to reach $1.8 billion, according to NPD data.
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According to data from The NPD Group, America's estimated 34 million gamers play 22 hours per week on average.
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"You don't want to have negative buzz," said Matt Powell, a senior analyst with NPD Group, a research firm.
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More than half of online grocery shoppers are Amazon Prime members, according to the NPD Group, a research outfit.
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These are the best-selling games of 2019, as of November 30, based on data from the NPD Group.
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The toy industry's sales grew 7 percent to $7.9 billion through June, according to market research company NPD Group.
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But Maria Rugolo, an analyst at The NPD Group, said boomers are actually spending more — just in different categories.
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Individual NPD figures have fallen afoul of German laws that ban Holocaust denial and punish praise of the Nazis.
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In 2018, U.S. consumers ate roughly 13 billion burgers, according to data from consumer trends market research company NPD Group.
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Narcissist Personality Disorder (NPD) is a clinical condition that is characterized by extreme selfishness and an excessive need for admiration.
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The series claims four of the top 21 best selling console video games since 22013, according to The NPD Group.
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That compares to a 1.9 percent drop in NPD-tracked categories, which include TVs, computers and tablets (excluding the Kindle).
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NBC News pointed out that the political book category is already up 25% this year, according to NPD BookScan figures.
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In the past year, the makeup category exploded with 25% growth in 2016, according to research firms NPD and Allied.
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He also entered politics through the NPD and still plans to vote for them out of a sense of loyalty.
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That subcategory is the largest of all 11 tracked by NPD, accounting for $1.7 billion during the six-month period.
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Unlike asthma, people who have NPD do not think they have it, and there are no drugs recommended for treatment.
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According to a press release from the NPD, they are working to determine Nichols' cause and manner of death. 2.
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"The basketball sneaker business is just terrible right now," Matt Powell, a sports industry analyst at NPD Group, told me.
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NPD Group analyst Matt Powell said active-wear continues to grow at a faster clip than fashion apparel for females.
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Cosmetics is still the largest portion of the $18.8 billion prestige beauty business, according to trade organization The NPD Group.
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Sales in the skin care category were up 13 percent, NPD Group said, contributing 60 percent of total industry gains.
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According to data from the NPD Group, an unseasonably warm winter didn't just take a bite out of outerwear sales.
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The game was just the ninth-best-selling title in the January-April sales charts provided by The NPD Group.
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The multi-cooker category grew 56 percent in the last year and 85 percent the year before, according to NPD.
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Beats brings in more revenue from Bluetooth headphones than LG, Bose, or Jaybird, according to NPD figures released in July.
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Delivery of breakfast or morning snacks soared 13% between 2012 and 2017, while lunch deliveries ticked up 3%, NPD says.
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Items such as sweaters, boots, smartphones, cookware and athletic apparel typically fall within the "self-gifting" category, NPD has found.
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The court said it looked "completely impossible" for the NPD to achieve its aims by parliamentary or other democratic means.
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"The stain has gone, the party is not banned, now we can start again politically," said NPD leader Frank Franz.
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Still, drones costing more than $300 amount to 84 percent of dollar sales in the past two months, NPD found.
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In 2015, new athletic footwear in the US generated $17.2 billion in sales according to research by the NPD Group.
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The new console also outsold both the Xbox One and PS4 in its first couple of months, according to NPD.
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Only Baby Boomers, at 23%, eat more breakfast cereal than Millennials, at 17%, according to the research firm NPD Group.
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A September report from market research company NPD Group found that political book sales were up 25 percent in 2018.
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Once the meal kit industry narrows to a few key companies and prices decrease, adoption rates will jump, NPD said.
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Amazon. Amazon's annual Prime Day extravaganza has "become a real part of the changing holiday dynamic," according to NPD Group.
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Allen's most recent book, Mere Anarchy, sold 40,000 copies in print, according to NPD BookScan per the New York Times.
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The market research firm NPD estimates that at least 19 million were sold, with others claiming more than 50 million.
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"We're getting bigger, but the business hasn't gotten bigger," Marshal Cohen, a retail industry analyst at the NPD Group, said.
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"Holiday windows play a really critical role," said Marshal Cohen, chief industry adviser at the market research company NPD Group.
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Sales of drones increased 2224 percent in 2000 over the prior year, according to the market research firm NPD Group.
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Correction: In 2016, sales of collectibles grew 33 percent, or $432 million, to reach $1.8 billion, according to NPD data.
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However, chicken sandwiches are gaining ground with consumers faster than burgers are, according to market research firm The NPD Group.
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And activewear has been one of the fastest-growing segments in apparel over the past few years, NPD Group says.
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Aftershave dollar sales within prestige beauty have fallen 11 percent in the last year, according to NPD analyst Kissura Craft.
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"The use case for headphones goes beyond audio," Ben Arnold, a consumer technology analyst at NPD Group, told CNBC recently.
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Three out of five Americans say they want more protein in their diets, according to the research firm NPD Group.
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NPD said makers of athletic wear popular with Hispanics, including Nike, Skechers USA, and Vans, would take a big hit.
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According to NPD BookScan, which tracks print book sales, "Triggered" has sold more than 115,000 copies as of Nov. 16.
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The NPD group also expects to see growth in sales of action figures, stemming from upcoming movies from Warner Bros.
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And according to the NPD Group, another marketing and research firm, 22018 saw an American resurgence in skin care sales.
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The market research firm NPD Group says that 2390 percent of the customers purchasing them are meat-eaters who believe the products are more healthful and better for the environment, said Darren Seifer, an analyst at NPD, which recently predicted that plant-based meats will have staying power because of their popularity with millennials.
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In fact, the shorter male category is so underserved that market research firm NPD Group does not even track its size.
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According to the NPD group, skin care sales in 2017 totaled $13 billion, a 9 percent increase from the previous year.
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"Up until this point, we've been slightly behind in traffic," Marshal Cohen, a retail industry analyst at NPD Group, told WWD.
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She married journalist Wulf Dieter Burwitz, who later became a party officials in the Bavarian section of the far-right NPD.
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More than 40 percent of the people in the United States purchase prepared foods from grocery stores, according to NPD Group.
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YES, Germany's National Democratic Party (NPD) is "related to National Socialism", the country's supreme court in Karlsruhe said on January 17th.
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And yet, the red-robed judges opined, there is no sign that the NPD could come close to fulfilling its goals.
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A previous attempt to outlaw the NPD foundered in 2003 because government-paid informants were among the witnesses, tainting the evidence.
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Marvel and Star Wars are two of the top five best-selling toy properties in the world, according to NPD data.
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If the evidence for dementia is thin, what about that other frequent diagnosis—that the president has narcissistic personality disorder (NPD)?
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In sport footwear, Under Armour's share of the market has dropped to 2.7% from 3.2%, NPD Group analyst Matt Powell said.
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Last year's installment was the second-best-selling title of 2015 at brick-and-mortar retailers, according to The NPD Group.
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In 295, U.S. recreational and backpacking tent sales were estimated at nearly $210 million, according to marketing research company NPD Group.
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These days, there are countless brands looking to elevate the mundane pillowcase and bedsheet set, according to the research firm NPD.
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The NPD Group has pegged the value of the women's active-wear market in the U.S. to be about $24 billion.
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According to one study from the NPD Group, a market research company, Gen Z's top source for recipes is social media.
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NPD is a momentous time where cheesy, crusty, tomato-y lovers all across the nation join together in spirit and celebrate.
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"Young adults represent the largest share of Chipotle's overall traffic," Bonnie Riggs, NPD Group's restaurant industry analyst, said in a statement.
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She's cracked the prestige U.S. beauty industry that reached $11.2 billion in 2014, according to a report from researcher NPD Group.
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For example, data from retail research house NPD reported a 2 percent decline in independent restaurants in the U.S. in 2015.
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From all your research, have you noticed an ability to meet people and see characteristics of NPD emerge sooner than later?
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Germany's domestic intelligence agency says the NPD, established in 1964, has about 5,000 members and links to some violent neo-Nazis.
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Marshal Cohen, chief industry advisor at The NPD Group, said the trend illustrates the consumers' desire for comfort and specialty products.
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The makeup category has grown by double-digits in December for the last two years, according to market researcher NPD Group.
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Retailers should anticipate a last-minute rush for toys due to a shorter holiday calendar, according to research by NPD Group.
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Toy sales rose 5.563 percent in the first half of 2016, pointing to the fastest growth since 1999, the NPD said.
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U.S. drone sales more than doubled between February 2016 and February 5003, according to new data released today from NPD group.
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Nearly 50% of American women who use skincare reported that they were looking for natural or organic products, according to NPD.
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Her first book, a young adult fantasy titled "Zahrah the Windseeker," sold fewer than 1,000 hardcover copies, according to NPD BookScan.
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The U.S. prestige beauty industry reached $18.8 billion in 2018, a 6% increase over 2017, according to data from NPD Group.
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"They might have half a share point, but they're pushing the whole market toward innovation," said Beth Goldstein, an NPD analyst.
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New Democratic Party (NPD) leader Jagmeet Singh told reporters he wanted the ruling Liberals to back universal coverage for prescription drugs.
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Jagsch es una cara conocida del NPD más allá de su vecindario, donde hace obras como ayudar a recoger la basura.
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"This is embarrassing for Nike, but will have no material impact on the business," said Matt Powell, analyst at NPD Group.
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Marshall Cohen, a retail industry analyst with the NPD Group, applauded General Mills for switching up gender roles in its advertising.
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These are the top 10 best-selling games of 2019 as of November 30, according to data from the NPD Group:
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According to a 2015 Consumers and Wearables Report by NPD Connected Intelligence, one in 10 U.S. adults owns a fitness tracker.
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NPD tracks book sales in the US. They write: "Returning from the huge sales of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' in 2016, and the rise of adult coloring books, last year's book sales growth was more modest than the industry has seen in recent years," said Kristen McLean, books industry analyst for The NPD Group.
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Data from NPD Group Checkout Tracking, which pulls its information from customer receipts, backs up the thesis that millennials are holding back.
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These qualities are important to millennials and will remain a key part of their eating behaviors as they age, NPD Group said.
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The AfD is xenophobic enough to satisfy many former NPD voters, and far more popular: it is currently polling at 13% nationally.
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Matt Powell, retail analyst with the NPD Group, said the news of Parker stepping down seems more "abrupt" than the Plank announcement.
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Under the NPD post, hundreds of Facebook users left racist comments and questioned Diaby's right to represent German constituents in the parliament.
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In an interview with BuzzFeed News Deutschland, Diaby recalled how the NPD had also campaigned against him in local elections in 2014.
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This shift may hurt initial retail box sales, especially those provided by retail analyst firm NPD Group, which is the industry standard.
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A new report by the market research company NPD Group shows how the Women's Marches directly increased sales of sign-making material.
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According to the NPD Group, makeup sales only increased by 1 percent in 2018, compared to a 6 percent increase in 2017.
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Lunch visits across the industry have plummeted 7 percent over the last six months, according to a report by the NPD Group.
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This is the first time a Nintendo Entertainment System console has led in monthly unit sales since NPD tracking began in 1995.
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But that's not nearly enough hands to keep cookware clean in the 660,755 establishments counted by the 2018 NPD Group Restaurant Consensus.
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According to data from the NPD Group, 95% of plant-based burger buyers have bought a beef burger within the last year.
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Similar data from the NPD Group also indicates that Panera's shift to preservative- and additive-free food has boosted perception among diners.
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According to NPD, the extra shopping day that fell during Christmas week contributed to 25 percent growth during that seven-day stretch.
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Wolff's book has sold nearly 975,000 print copies, and Clinton's memoir has sold some 511,000 total print copies, according to NPD BookScan.
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"This business is about the art of giving to yourself," Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at NPD told Fast Company in 2015.
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"For the last four years, every performance footwear category has been trending negatively ... running, basketball, training," NPD Group analyst Matt Powell said.
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Boosted by the "Star Wars" franchise, U.S. toy sales increased 6.7 percent last year, to $19.4 billion, according to The NPD Group.
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Meanwhile, sales of high heels have declined 11 percent during the same time period, according to the NPD Group's Retail Tracking Service.
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"Brands need to educate customers on their efforts ... to make a lasting connection," NPD Group accessories and footwear analyst Beth Goldstein said.
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"The consumer that used to wait until after Thanksgiving weekend now shops during it," said Marshal Cohen, an analyst with NPD Group.
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In addition, of those who have tried the kits, 67 percent were either "extremely" or "very satisfied with their purchase," NPD said.
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NPD says event staff found his behavior alarming -- and that was enough for them to tell him to get lost for good.
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The NPD group, a market research company, reported a spike in hand sanitizer sales in the four weeks ending on February 22.
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Even if Rent the Runway is small compared to established fashion brands, the NPD analyst Marshal Cohen considers the company's impact significant.
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Nike accounts for more than a third of the athletic shoe market in the United States, said Mr. Powell, the NPD analyst.
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"Straps are a good profit center," said Reginald Brack, a watch and luxury analyst at the NPD Group, a marketing research company.
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In spite of the rise in online shopping, physical purchases account for nearly three-quarters of overall beauty sales, according to NPD.
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Strong sales from these categories helped the toy industry grow 21.8 percent, reaching $20.4 billion, last year, according to The NPD Group.
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"The intimate apparel business has been sluggish in keeping up with consumers," said Marshal Cohen, the chief industry analyst at NPD Group.
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Adoption is still fairly low, with about 10% of US consumers saying that they regularly shop online for groceries, according to NPD.
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Activewear, for both men and women, represents a roughly $57.6 billion market in the U.S., according to NPD Group's Consumer Tracking Service.
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But in the United States, three-quarters of all sports shoes are not used for sports, according to market research firm NPD.
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The NPD initiative called for "Palestinian and Israeli products" to be labeled and for a "clear designation of origin" to be implemented.
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Political book sales are up 25 percent so far in 2018, according to a new report from market research company NPD Group.
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According to NPD, e-commerce for women's plus has grown 5% and online sales among Gen X have also risen double digits.
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The market for Bluetooth headphones is dominated by Beats by Dre with 42 percent of dollar sales, according to the NPD Group.
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Subscription services are ripe for growth in the fashion industry, but they're also already drawing impressive sales, The NPD Group has found.
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"The reason these businesses are clustered is talent," said Matthew Powell, a sports industry adviser for NPD Group, a market research firm.
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Americans spent $18.5 billion on food delivery services in 2018, up nine percent from the previous year, according to the NPD Group.
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"I think Adidas is trying to align itself with the fans of those artists," said Matt Powell, an analyst with NPD Group.
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) estimates the Barents Sea to hold about two-thirds of undiscovered resources on the Norwegian continental shelf.
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"There is no doubt that the casualization trend has taken over the wardrobes of many Americans," The NPD Group analyst Maria Rugolo said.
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Sweatshirt sales have been growing at a double-digit percentage from a year ago in both dollars and units sold, NPD Group said.
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Games and puzzles are among the fast-growing categories in the industry so far in 2016, with sales up 16 percent, NPD reported.
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Console and personal computing, mobile gaming, all saw significant growth, according to Mat Piscatella, a video games industry analyst for The NPD Group.
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Walmart. Consumer research group NPD estimates that roughly 0003 percent of Americans spend money at Walmart, either in-store or online, every year.
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Allbirds showed up just in time to ride that athleisure wave, according to NPD Group Vice President Matt Powell, a sports industry analyst.
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US toy sales are up 7%, at $7.9 billion, from this time last year, according to the market research company the NPD Group.
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Joly cited a 30 percent decline in the average selling price of 4K TVs during the quarter, according NPD data, as an example.
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The NPD found that US smartwatch ownership grew from 12 percent in 2017 to 16 percent in 2018, largely driven by younger buyers.
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An NPD spokesman said the estimate was the latest figure available, while the operator was continuing to assess the size of the reserves.
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Restaurant digital orders have grown by 23% over the last four years, according to The NPD Group — and they're expected to keep growing.
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To date, Tile has sold 13 million devices, giving it a 90 percent share in the "lost item finder" market, according to NPD.
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He even wrote a letter to the NPD, a far-right German group, offering the client data (but says he never sent it).
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Sales in the segment Michaels is focusing on — arts and craft toys — were up 8 percent between January and July, according NPD Group.
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"It is obvious that he thinks Starbucks is in a good place," Bonnie Riggs, restaurant industry analyst for the NPD Group, told CNBC.
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According to data from the NPD Group, 95% of plant-based burger buyers have also bought a beef burger within the last year.
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The holiday season is crucial for the toy industry, and accounts for roughly half of its annual sales, according to The NPD Group.
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Industrywide toy sales are expected to pick up in the fourth quarter, and grow 6.5 percent over 2015, according to The NPD Group.
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"Battlefield 1", launched in October, was at No. 12 on the NPD list, which takes into account both digital downloads and physical copies.
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In fact, NPD Group suggests that the Switch could possibly beat Wii sales by 20 percent over the first 10 months of sales.
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In some places where AfD didn't have candidates on the ballot, voters turned to the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD), AFP reported.
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Some 307.83 percent of U.S. consumers shopped at one of Wal-Mart's 4,700 stores or on its website in 2016, according to NPD.
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Instead, research by The NPD Group/Checkout Tracking Total Channel found that 71 percent of luxury consumers also shop at off-price stores.
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They've long been a staple for families — Americans ate 2.3 billion servings of them in restaurants last year, according to The NPD Group.
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In September, gamers spent $726 million on games, a 52 percent increase from the same period last year, according to The NPD Group.
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In the last five years, revenue from deliveries jumped 20%, and the overall number of deliveries increased 10%, according to The NPD Group.
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Published by Take Two Interactive, "NBA 2K20" had the biggest launch of any sports video game, according to data from The NPD Group.
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"The underserved full-figure and plus-size market continues to be one of retail's major merchandising mistakes," said Marshal Cohen of NPD Group.
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The NPD has already said that the northern part of the Barents Sea was expected to hold more resources than the southern part.
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U.S. toy industry sales rose 3% to $3.69 billion in the third quarter compared with the year-earlier period, according to NPD Group.
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Data from industry tracking firm NPD said retail sales are up 2 percent in the first five weeks of the season through Dec.
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Still, about 17% of people are planning to start their holiday shopping on Black Friday, up "significantly" from 2018, according to NPD Group.
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"I expect this growth to continue to edge up through the holidays," said Mat Piscatella, who analyzes the video games industry for NPD.
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"You've still got to have a product to sell," said Marshal Cohen, the chief retail analyst for the NPD Group, a market researcher.
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Sales in the U.S. toy industry dropped 9%, to $7.4 billion, in the first half of 2019 compared with 2018, according to NPD.
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Market research firm NPD Group reported in December that less than 10% of consumers are spending more than $1,000 on new mobile devices.
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Unit sales for print books rose 3 percent in the first half of 2017 compared with the previous year, according to NPD BookScan.
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When it comes to fashion, retailers are pushing casual looks that are comfortable this holiday season, according to NPD Group analyst Beth Goldstein.
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Mass and discount retailers were shoppers' second-favorite holiday shopping destination, according to a survey of 3,485 consumers in September by NPD Group.
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Vest sales hit $76.5 million for in June 2018, up 13 percent from the year prior, according The NPD Group Retail Tracking Service.
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The NPD Group found that 95% of people who buy these vegan burgers also made a beef burger purchase within the last year.
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Dick's could create an off-price chain under the Sports Authority brand, said Matt Powell, a sports industry analyst at the NPD Group.
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The business software company's revenue beat Street forecasts, as it added new customers such as China's Tencent and market research firm NPD Group.
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Daily natural gas output rose by 10.1% month on month to 10.0 billion cubic meters but missed forecasts by 3.2%, the NPD said.
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Matt Powell, a senior industry adviser on sports for NPD, said that, for now at least, On appears to be bucking that trend.
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"I call it the graying of Black Friday," said Marshal Cohen, the chief industry adviser of the NPD Group, a market research firm.
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"New players, new rosters, new rules, teams and stadiums all encourage the annual release timing," said Mat Piscatella, an analyst at NPD Group.
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An "NBA 2K" title was the best-selling sports video game of the year for the past three years, according to NPD Group.
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"While the first week of November started out slow, with a 3 percent gain for beauty, week 2 experienced a 15 percent increase and weeks 3 and 4 have seen beauty sales really take off, posting the strongest gains of all the industries NPD is tracking this holiday," Larissa Jensen, NPD executive director and beauty industry analyst, said in a blog post.
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NPD Group also said dollar sales in the first six weeks of the holiday season are 5003 percent behind the same period last year.
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The NES Classic Edition sold 196,000 units in November in the U.S. since its launch on November 11, according to industry tracker NPD Group.
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In its new Rural America and Technology study, NPD notes that 31% of U.S. households don't have broadband (25Mbps downloads and up) internet connections.
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Together, they made up 88 percent of smartwatch unit sales during the time the NPD was monitoring them (from November 2017 to November 2018).
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According to market research company the NPD Group, the skincare category brought in nearly $6 billion in sales for 2019, up 5% from 2018.
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In 2016, 95 percent of Americans visited a Walmart, compared with just 46 percent that bought something from Amazon, according to analyst firm NPD.
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Twenty-seven percent of swimwear is purchased online, compared with just 20% of total apparel, according to a study last year by NPD Group.
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They were joined by German nationalists and some supporters of the NPD, a neo-Nazi party eager to spread any negative rumour about refugees.
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Digital orders have increased by 45 percent since 2014, according to The NPD Group, and now account for nearly 1.7 billion in foodservice visits.
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The results lifted value menu traffic 22 percent for the fiscal year ended March 2018, reversing three consecutive years of declines, according to NPD.
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According the NPD data, luxury retail buyers spend a greater percentage of their total apparel dollars at all three of these discount store varieties.
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And sales of the script for "Cursed Child" have dropped at retailers in the United States over the last year, according to NPD BookScan.
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Online sales of components like brakes and fuel systems grew 29% in the past year, according to data from NPD Group and Rakuten Intelligence.
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And yet, only 18 percent of the clothing sold in 2016 was considered plus-size, market research firm NPD found in a recent study.
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Bonnie Riggs, a restaurant analyst with The NPD Group's foodservice division, was more bullish, saying pent-up demand helps restaurant operators quickly recoup losses.
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"Getting a late start to the holiday shopping season" has become less frequent over the past decade, according to survey findings from NPD Group.
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We've listed the 10 best-selling games in the US according to the NPD Group, which began tracking video game sales data in 1995.
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Below, we've listed the 10 best-selling games in the US according to NPD Group, which began tracking video game sales data in 1995.
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"There's a lot of wannabes out there creating noise," said Matt Powell, a sports industry analyst at the NPD Group, a market research firm.
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According to the most recent data available from NPD, digital ordering represents 53 percent of all delivery orders, up from 33 percent in 2013.
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According to the NPD Group, there was a surge in sales during the final week before Christmas during that shortened season six years ago.
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Another was held outside the German embassy in February 2017, expressing solidarity with the German far-right NPD party, which was facing a ban.
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"In the past, we thought games were more disposable entertainment," said Mat Piscatella, a video game industry analyst for NPD, a market research company.
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Sales of hardware, software and accessories in the United States reached $14.6 billion in 2017, an 11 percent increase over 2016, according to NPD.
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It spent 11 weeks on the New York Times nonfiction best-seller list and has sold more than 300,000 copies, according to NPD BookScan.
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Transactions at fast-food restaurants plummeted by 34% in the week ended March 22 compared with a year ago, according to the NPD Group.
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Research firm NPD reported in 2017 that cold cereal, toaster pastries, yogurt and tap water are among the most popular "meals" prepared at home.
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Visits to U.S. fast-casual restaurants increased by 3% in the year ended November 2019, according to data from The NPD Group's Crest service.
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According to NPD analyst Matt Powell, sales in athletic footwear grew slightly in 2019, though the lack of a hot shoe hurt growth overall.
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Pickup orders are growing faster than dine-in orders, with sales improving by 32% last year compared to 5.23% for digital delivery, NPD said.
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Arnold said future AirPods with health sensors are possible, but the NPD analyst speculated that would run the risk of cannibalizing Apple Watch sales.
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"It's going to have a major impact on the [restaurant] industry," Bonnie Riggs, analyst at The NPD Group, told CNBC in a phone interview.
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"Dollar stores are figuring out how to get people in," said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at the NPD Group, a market research company.
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That's despite toy sales falling 2% around the world in 2018 after four straight years of growth, according to market research firm NPD Group.
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Sneakers are having a moment, according to data from NPD Group, with sales of women's sneakers up 37 percent in the U.S. last year.
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The NPD Group, a research and consulting firm, predicts that traffic in restaurants in the United States will remain stalled this year as well.
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Personalization has helped make planners and appointment books popular, Leen Nsouli, an analyst of the office supplies industry at NPD, said in an email.
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Citing NPD Group data, Cowen said in its October report that plant-based burgers currently represent 3% to 20213% of all fast-food orders.
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The NPD denies that it is behind violence, and says it is being unfairly targeted as a group over the behavior of some individuals.
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The case to ban the NPD is being brought on behalf of the Bundesrat, parliament's upper house, which represents Germany's 16 regional state governments.
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Mass and discount retailers were the No. 2 favorite holiday shopping destination, according to a survey of 3,485 consumers in September by NPD Group.
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Notably, 35 percent of those surveyed didn't even know what these services are, NPD Group found, leaving much room for expansion and increased reach.
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That figure will not have changed much, but in 2016, only 18% of clothing sold was plus-size, according to NPD Group, another research firm.
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During the first half of 203, toy revenues rose 7.5 percent as compared with the prior-year period, according to data from The NPD Group.
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"It's one of those things where people think it has a health halo around it," said Darren Seifer, analyst at market research firm NPD Group.
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U.S. per-capita consumption of meat snacks has risen 14 percent since 2012, far outpacing the growth of other savory snacks, according to NPD Group.
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Another Wall Street source with access to the data told CNBC that November's NPD "Call of Duty" unit sales were down 51 year over year.
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Karen Grant, global beauty industry analyst for The NPD Group, believes that rejecting social media is one of the biggest mistakes a brand could make.
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While Costco did not respond to multiple requests for comment, Marshall Cohen, chief industry analyst at The NPD Group, was able to shed some light.
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"So they're trying to recapture them and keep them in their ecosystem," said Darren Seifer, food consumption industry analyst with the NPD Group in Chicago.
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And according to Stephen Baker, an analyst with NPD who specializes in televisions, this is the perfect time for me to blow all my cash.
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The NPD Group reported digital orders rose 45 percent across the restaurant industry since 2014 and account for nearly 1.7 billion in food service visits.
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McDonald's latest menu addition doesn't necessarily signal the start of the hot dog wars, according to Bonnie Riggs, a restaurant industry analyst with NPD Group.
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Retail sales for the first three weeks of November were also up 4 percent across key general merchandise categories tracked by industry research firm NPD.
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Sixteen percent of US adults own a smartwatch The latest figures out of NPD show a continued uptick in smartwatch sales here in the States.
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"Toys with movie tie-ins will continue to contribute to the increase," said Juli Lennett, senior vice president and U.S. toys industry analyst at NPD.
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Nathan Shipley, an auto industry analyst at The NPD Group, says maintaining control over vehicle data will be key to staying ahead as a manufacturer.
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STAVANGER, Norway, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Norway's 2019 oil and gas output will be smaller than previously forecast, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said on Thursday.
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NPD Group said a spike in menu prices at casual dining and fast casual chains is responsible for the steep decline in lunchtime restaurant visits.
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US NPD HW - The NES Classic was June 2018's highest unit-selling hardware platform, while the PlayStation 4 led the market in dollar sales.
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Total apparel sales in the U.S. amounted to $216.4 billion as of the 12 months ended May 2019, according to NPD Group's consumer tracking service.
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Research firm NPD, which tracks US retail sales, and Strategy Analytics, which tracks global shipments, both say Amazon is the clear leader in smart speakers.
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"It does seem like bacon is a way to change up the flavors," said Darren Seifer, a food and beverage analyst for The NPD Group.
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The NPD Group, which tracks video game and video game system sales, says Nintendo sold more than 27,000 units in March in the United States.
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At the same time, software sales at U.S. brick-and-mortar stores continued to fall, slipping 5183 percent to $5.3 billion, according to NPD Group.
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According to new data from The NPD Group's Checkout Tracking Service, the largest percentage of Americans spent money at Walmart, McDonald's and Target last year.
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The prestige beauty industry in the U.S. reached $18.8 billion last year, up 6 percent year over year, according to data from The NPD Group.
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The latest version, "Grand Theft Auto V", was the fifth-highest-selling physical videogame in the United States last year, according to research firm NPD.
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Yet Darren Seifer, a food and beverage industry analyst for NPD Group, said it will take time for some legacy consumer brands to regain trust.
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Industry-wide sales of Star Wars-licensed merchandise totaled about $700 million in the United States in 2015, according to retail research firm NPD Group.
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Digital orders have increased by 45 percent since 2014, according to The NPD Group, and now account for nearly 1.7 billion in food service visits.
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"Worries over an industry-wide slowdown following weak holiday NPD data and Mattel's recent preannounce seem overblown," Jefferies analyst Trevor Young wrote in a note.
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While that marked the industry's most robust pace of growth in more than a decade, NPD expects this year's revenue to increase roughly 7 percent.
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"NBA 25K215" became the best-selling game of the year in only its first month on the shelves, according to data from The NPD Group.
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Also of concern is the holiday calendar, with Christmas this year falling on a Wednesday, says Marshal Cohen, chief industry advisor for The NPD Group.
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The NPD has never won enough support to win seats in the federal parliament and in September lost its last seat in a regional assembly.
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U.S. consumers spent $30.4 billion on video games and accessories last year, a small increase from the year earlier, according to research firm NPD Group.
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For the last two years, the additional day before Christmas has added $200 million in sales to the week, said NPD Group in its release.
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Demand for Star Wars merchandise is set to propel toy sales growth to a 17 year-high, according to industry research firm The NPD Group.
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Another big contributor to sales this year was the dolls category, which rose 14 percent in the first half of the year, the NPD said.
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"Last year was very challenging," said Fred Levin, president of NPD Luxury Practice, a company that tracks high-end watch sales in the United States.
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NPD is relatively rare: According to Forrest Talley, a California-based clinical psychologist, it's only exhibited by less than one percent of the general population.
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In the first half of the year, Nerf, owned by Hasbro, was the No. 2 U.S. toy property based on dollars, according to NPD Group.
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As of August, Nike controlled about 50 percent of the United States athletic footwear market, while Adidas controlled 11 percent, according to the NPD Group.
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Video games generated $35.4 billion in revenue in the US in 2019, according to a recent report from the Entertainment Software Association and NPD Group.
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Shopping for gifts that had a social or environmental benefit was a big driver for younger shoppers this past holiday season, according to NPD Group.
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They rose to $4.6 billion last year — for an average annual growth rate of about 29 percent, according to the NPD Group's Consumer Tracking Service.
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For the year ended February 2019, 4 billion chicken sandwich servings were ordered at U.S. restaurants versus 8.6 billion burgers, according to The NPD Group.
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"Our latest data shows 73 percent of U.S. consumers play video games of one sort or another," said Mat Piscatella, an industry analyst for NPD.
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"Most consumers are not aware of how these products are actually put together," said Darren Seifer, food and beverage industry analyst for research group NPD.
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In the category that includes electric and pedal ride-on toys (but not bicycles), annual revenues are about $625 million, according to the NPD Group.
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"When you're king of the hill, you have got everyone looking to knock you off," said Marshal Cohen, chief industry advisor of The NPD Group.
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Activewear clothing sales in the United States hit nearly $55 billion in 2018, a 10% spike from the year earlier, according to NPD Group data.
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Less than 10% of consumers in the United States are spending more than $7003,000 on a new smartphone, according to market research from NPD Group.
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"She wants to make sure her reputation is unblemished," said Marshal Cohen, a consumer behavior and retail analyst at the NPD Group, a research firm.
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Sales of easel pads and flip charts grew by 28 percent, Leen Nsouli, an office supplies industry analyst at NPD, said in a blog post.
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Although toy sales will likely decline this year, sales are expected to pick up again in 2020, according to a recent report from NPD Group.
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Sales of electric multicookers have risen 79 percent in the past year to more than $300 million, according to NPD Group, a market research firm.
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In fact, sales over the last two weeks are double those of a year ago, with 1.2 million portable battery packs sold, according to NPD.
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Only about 3 percent of U.S. consumers, or about 8 million adults, have tried meal kit services, according to a November report by the NPD Group.
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"Back in 2015, 44 percent of U.S. adults wore a watch," said Reginald Brack, watches and luxury industry analyst at the market research company NPD Group.
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The figure comes from The NPD Group, which also said that US smartwatch sales totaled nearly $5 billion, a 50 percent increase over the previous year.
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Research firm NPD says GoPro commands around 95 percent of the action-camera market in the U.S., but that's meaningless if the company's sales are declining.
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According to a note by the NPD Group, one setting powder product saw a 40% surge in sales after Gutierrez promoted it on his YouTube channel.
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"Grand Theft Auto V" was the fifth highest selling videogame, in terms of physical titles, in the United States last year, according to research firm NPD.
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NPD Group's annual traffic forecast for 2019 and 203 anticipates a continued lack of sizable growth, with 2019 up a little and 2020 expected to decline.
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The AfD's advance in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern also drove out of the regional assembly the neo-Nazi NPD, which saw its vote drop below 5 per cent.
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Sales of masks and facial exfoliators, products meant to provide quick, glowy results, were up a combined 44 percent in 2017, according to the NPD Group.
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NPD reports that the NES Classic was June's highest unit-selling hardware platform in the US, beating the PlayStation 4, Nintendo's Switch, and the Xbox One.
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Then, it recommended "NPD Group," the name of both a prominent American market research firm and a far-right German political party associated with neo-Nazism.
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Data from market research firm NPD Group shows that a whopping 71 percent of smartwatch owners are male, but most fitness trackers are worn by women.
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The portfolio includes four discoveries with net recoverable resources of 83 million barrels oil equivalents based on estimates from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), it added.
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"NBA 2K19" debuted as the second best-selling game of September, and instantly became the 5th best-selling game of 2018, according to research firm NPD.
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"Carbonated soft drinks have been on the decline before any of this happened," said Darren Seifer, an analyst at The NPD Group, a market research company.
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Drone sales have been growing at an impressive rate in the U.S. According to NPD, they effectively doubled between February 2016 and 2017 in the States.
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Consumers are spending more money on expensive shoes than luxury handbags — $794 on one pair on average, Hanbury wrote, citing a report by The NPD Group.
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Six of the 220 best-selling games between July 22019 and August 3 were exclusive to the Nintendo Switch, according to data from the NPD Group.
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An earlier attempt to ban the NPD in 2003 collapsed because some of the party officials used as witnesses turned out to be government-paid informants.
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"Some of the recent market share shifts [in sneakers] are likely tied to consumers' changing perception," NPD analyst Matt Powell said in a recent blog post.
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"Consumers want to be one in a million, not one of a million," Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at The NPD Group told CNBA via telephone.
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He also said Hoecke had been emboldened by a Constitutional Court ruling on Tuesday which rejected a ban on the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD).
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I contacted the ESA to learn why they released the statement if NPD does, in fact, report digital sales separately, but they have yet to respond.
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And this expansion, NPD argued, could buoy up not only Amazon's meal kit services, but other meal kit companies struggling to lure in and keep customers.
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Industry tracker NPD BookScan says the 9/11 Commission Report was published in 28 different print editions, all of which sold a combined 1.17 million copies.
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Still, a 2013 report by the NPD Group, a market research firm, found that as many as one in three Americans were trying to avoid gluten.
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"They do not see it as nostalgia, but rather as legacy and a new experience," according to a report by NPD Group, a market research firm.
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In 2017, 15 percent of American households owned a home automation device, up from 10 percent in April 2016, according to NPD Group, a research firm.
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"The problem is Jagsch is a very nice person who belongs to the wrong party and I am against promoting NPD members," said resident Ingo Waldschmidt.
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An analysis by NPD BookScan of the first 52 weeks of sales in his "Killing" series found the recent drop to be consistent with previous years.
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Pressed for time at work or school, Americans frequently eat by themselves at breakfast and when snacking, according to the NPD Group, a market research company.
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A spokesman for NPD BookScan said sales of print cookbooks grew 24 percent in 2018 over the previous year, compared with 6 percent growth in 2016.
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Industry-wide orders for pickup account for more than 50% of takeout sales and 58% of all digital orders, according to market researcher the NPD Group.
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"Kids, who are the majority of toy consumers, aren't paying any attention to this," Juli Lennett, an analyst at The NPD Group, told CNBC via email.
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But considering today's 5G phones are typically more expensive than non-5G models, there's a chance consumers may be reluctant to adopt 5G, NPD points out.
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Multicooker sales surged last year, rising 79 percent to more than $300 million in the 12 months ended November 2017, according to market tracker NPD Group.
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This is a booming time for the $2.25 billion tabletop industry, according to Joe Derochowski, a home-industry adviser for NPD Group, a market-research firm.
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"Give Please a Chance," a picture book he wrote with James Patterson, has sold 181,200 copies since it was released in November, according to NPD BookScan.
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"For consumers today, food isn't just about sustenance, it's about an experience," said Darren Seifer, a food analyst at the NPD Group, a market research company.
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The company did say, however, that it continued to gain market share in toys throughout the holidays, based on tracking data provided by The NPD Group.
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That's because entertainment locations offer experiences consumers value rather than just monetary transactions, according to Warren Solochek, senior vice president of industry relations at NPD Group.
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It was the No. 2 sportswear brand in the United States for two years, before being recently displaced by Adidas, according to market research firm NPD.
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"The resale platforms give buyers and sellers a secure and convenient way to trade sneakers," said Matt Powell, a sports business analyst at the NPD Group.
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Bauer was never a member of the NPD but says some members of his racist gangs were linked to the party, which provided them with vehicles.
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"Once it took off, it fed on itself and it's been remarkably resilient," said Kristen McLean, the executive director of business development at the NPD Group.
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Toys have long been an enormous and lucrative business, with the global industry earning $21.6 billion last year, according to NPD Group's Global Toy Market Report.
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Still, while output in the early years of this century was dominated by oil, the majority of production is now made up of gas, NPD data shows.
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Mystery packs, or blind bags, are responsible for about a fourth of the $43 million that collectibles have raked in so far in 2016, according to NPD.
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Footwear is the most powerful category in the online luxury market, according to a recent report by The NPD Group— and at the forefront is the sneaker.
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NPD said forecasts were revised up because the fields, through efficiency measures, particularly within drilling of wells and regularity on the facilities, produced more than previously presumed.
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In 2018 thus far, the U.S. toy industry has bumped its annual sales by $93 million to $11.6 billion, according to global information company The NPD Group.
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When it comes to toys, the game segment has seen tremendous sales growth in the last year, up 20 percent this year, according to the NPD Group.
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Diaby told Deutsche Welle that he wanted to press criminal charges even though NPD had deleted some of the comments — the original post, however, is still online.
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"There are more sales in lower-price products online than there have been in stores," Marshal Cohen, chief industry advisor at the NPD Group, told BuzzFeed News.
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That includes information from The NPD Group, which found that dollar sales in the second week of November — election week — fell 8 percent over the prior year.
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Fanny packs, another staple of the 90s, are the largest growing category in the bag market this year, with sales up 50%, according to data from NPD.
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In fact, The NPD Group, a market research firm, is forecasting that off-premise food service will outpace overall restaurant industry traffic growth over the next decade.
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"Those two brands actually represent two-thirds of all of the growth in plant-based burgers in restaurants," said Darren Seifer, an analyst for The NPD Group.
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Spending on wearable devices in the US nearly doubled in 2015 from 2014, according to the NPD Group, a research firm that tracks sales of consumer products.
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"More than anything right now, to happen so dramatically in the last six months, I think it's sticker shock," NPD restaurant industry analyst Bonnie Riggs told MUNCHIES.
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"The toy industry had an incredible year and, as is typically the case, there isn't one reason," said Juli Lennett, The NPD Group's U.S. toys industry analyst.
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NPD notes that while battery pack sales have generally been increasing from 2015, sales were only up 4 percent in the weeks prior to the game's release.
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"It certainly benefits the entire market because lots of people are using different brands of headphones with their iPhones," says Ben Arnold, an industry analyst at NPD.
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Data from NPD earlier this year suggest that game consoles are dominating the streaming market, with boxes like Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV close behind.
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Forty percent of consumers said sustainable materials were either "very" or "somewhat" important when thinking about buying shoes, according to a February survey from The NPD Group.
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Six of the top 10 best-selling games in July were Nintendo exclusives, based on data collected by the NPD Group from July 7 to August 203.
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Similarly, The NPD Group found that dollar sales in the first month and a half of the holiday season were 4 percent behind the prior-year period.
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A new study from the NPD Group, conducted in partnership with Stylitics, examines how people shop for one of the most popular (and profitable) fashion categories: handbags.
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Germany's senate on Friday asked the constitutional court to ban state funding for the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD), the country's longest-established neo-Nazi group.
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It has been just over a year since Reuters interviewed analyst Bonnie Riggs of the NPD Group on why so many bankruptcies were striking the restaurant industry.
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According to the NPD Group, high-end skin care sales grew a whopping 13 percent in 2018, compared to makeup's more meager 1 percent growth in sales.
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The market research firm the NPD Group estimates that we annually buy $7 billion worth of toys for our grandkids — about a quarter of all toy sales.
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Sales in the United States shapewear market were valued at $526 million for the year ending in August, according to the NPD Group, the market research firm.
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"[Target is] bringing in things that are trending, bringing in reasonably priced product and trying to get consumers excited," NPD Group's beauty analyst, Larissa Jensen, told CNBC.
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) estimates the Barents Sea holds more than half of yet-to-be discovered oil and gas resources on the Norwegian continental shelf.
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El Partido Nacional Demócrata al que pertenece Jagsch, conocido por sus iniciales en alemán NPD, ha sido una agrupación muy marginal desde que fue fundada en 1964.
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Less than 10% of people in the United States are spending more than $1,000 on a new smartphone, according to research from NPD Group published last month.
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A study from NPD Group published last month also found as much, saying that less than 10% of consumers are paying more than $210,2900 on new smartphones.
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Ninety-five percent of customers who have bought a plant-based burger have also bought a beef burger in the last year, according to the NPD Group.
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Sales of alpine touring equipment (skis, boots, bindings) have soared in the past decade, increasing nearly 400 percent, according to the NPD Group, a market research firm.
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Sales of all collectible toys — a category that also includes action figures, miniature figures and trading cards — surged 33 percent in 2016, according to the NPD Group.
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In 2017, sales of collectibles worldwide grew 14 percent to $3.9 billion, boosted by the popularity of L.O.L. Surprise, Hatchimals and Lego Mini-figures, according to NPD.
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Video game hardware sales dropped by 23 percent in February from a year earlier, when Nintendo launched its 3DS handheld-game consoles, according to research firm NPD.
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Konik cited NPD data, which showed Nike lost 1.2 percentage points of market share in the year ending May 2017, compared with Adidas' 5 point share gain.
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In the first quarter of this year, drone sales in the U.S. more than doubled from the same time last year, analysts from the NPD group found.
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The decision to include it was purely for clinical purposes and we never dreamed it would result in the diagnosis of NPD being used in political warfare now.
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"Licensed toys are important to the toy industry, comprising nearly 30 percent of sales so far this year," research firm NPD Group analyst Frederique Tutt said last month.
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Pie Face Showdown helped boost Hasbro's games division's sales 13 percent in the third quarter, and the game is among the year's top 10 sellers, according to NPD.
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Thanks to their desire for comfort and athleisure, millennials are largely behind this trend, Beth Goldstein, fashion and accessories analyst at The NPD Group previously told Business Insider.
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"Early season growth demonstrates the consumer's willingness to spend and spells potential for retail this holiday," said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at NPD, a market research firm.
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In 2016, for example, they went out for lunch 433 million fewer times than a year before, according to a survey by market-research firm NPD Group Inc.
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"The move to becoming more of a direct-to-consumer company and less of a wholesale company was really the hallmark of his work," NPD Group's Powell said.
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Take-Two's basketball franchise "NBA 231K229.8", launched in September, grabbed the No.11.93 spot on the 211.9 best-selling games list, according to market research firm NPD Group.
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The company's "Grand Theft Auto V" was the No.2653.9 selling title last year in terms of units sold, according NPD, four years after the game's first release.
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The average American uses about 40GB of cellular data per month (though younger users, ages 227 to 24, consume about 240GB), according to market research firm NPD Group.
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"There are so many ... [people] growing up with the idea that you're not tied to the gender you're born with," said Larissa Jensen, beauty industry analyst at NPD.
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Led by Star Wars merchandise, toy sales in the United States rose 6.7 percent to $19.4 billion in 2015, one of the strongest performances in years, NPD said.
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"Clearly this sustainability trend is all being driven by Gen Z-ers and younger millennials," said Beth Goldstein, NPD Group's executive director and industry analyst for fashion footwear.
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In the athletic footwear industry in the U.S. today, "smaller brands are thriving and growing faster than the overall market," according to NPD Group sports analyst Matt Powell.
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"We are trying to cut down on foods that are higher in sugar content," said Darren Seifer, a food industry analyst at market research firm NPD Group Inc.
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Frédérique Tutt, an analyst of the global toy market for NPD, a data company, says the spinner took just three weeks to cross the Atlantic and go global.
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The Gjoa field, operated by Neptune Energy, had 13 million barrels of oil and 13.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas at end-2017, according to NPD data.
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Earlier this month, Adidas passed Nike's Brand Jordan to become the second-most popular sport footwear line in the U.S., according to NPD Group, a market research firm.
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Data released in September by The NPD Group's Checkout Tracking found that Victoria's Secret shoppers make more frequent purchases than the average intimates consumer, and also spend more.
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Weak basketball shoe sales have been cited by retailers over several quarters, NPD analyst Matt Powell writes, as retro brands like Jordan remain the biggest driver of growth.
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This is in addition to an 18 percent increase seen during the same period a year earlier, according to the NPD Group's SupplyTrack, a monthly food tracking service.
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The NPD group, a retail tracking firm that follows the breakfast game, estimates that sales of raw or fresh breakfast ingredients will be up 9 percent by 2018.
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Cyril Lavenant, director of NPD Group, a market-research firm, has found that, whereas the restaurant market was flat in 2017, the home-delivery market grew by 11%.
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Airline travel is expected to keep expanding in the coming years, too: Traffic to airports will increase around 8% annually through 2026, market research firm NPD Group predicts.
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"The big surprise is young women moving to full-coverage panties and migrating away from the thong," Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at NPD Group, said in 2015.
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Market research group NPD estimated using receipt data that US consumers spent $4 billion on online purchases of major home appliances in 2016, a 38% jump from 2015.
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The average U.S. smartphone user now gobbles up 31.4 gigabytes of data a month, a 25% increase since last year, according to NPD Group and reported by Twice.
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The supreme court will soon consider an attempt by the 16 federal states to ban the NPD, a party that looks and smells like a neo-Nazi party.
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This weird piece of information comes from Mat Piscatella, a video game industry analyst at market research company The NPD Group, who tweeted about the sale on Saturday.
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Data tracker NPD Group estimates that Star Wars toys rang up $700 million in sales last year, and the figure is expected to grow in the coming years.
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Prestige beauty sales in the United States rose 6 percent in the 13 months ending in February, tallying $15.9 billion, according to the market research company NPD Group.
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Mecklenburg does have a longstanding core of far-right voters: it is the only state where the NPD, a party considered neo-Nazi, has seats in the assembly.
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The NPD Group, an organisation of retail trend experts, reported recently that celebrity fragrance sales dropped in the UK by 22 per cent in 2016, compared wth 2015.
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Rankings for this midyear list were taken from sales figures from January through the end of April, the most recent reporting period for market researcher The NPD Group.
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Studies by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) have shown that overly quick gas production at Troll could have an impact on oil and gas extraction in nearby areas.
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"These categories have historically been challenging for the typical consumer to shop online for, but this task is getting easier," NPD analyst Nathan Shipley said in a report.
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NPD Bookscan announced in late November that the former first lady's book had sold 2 million copies, more than any other book published in the U.S. in 2018.
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"The NPD intends to replace the existing constitutional system with an authoritarian national state that adheres to the idea of an ethnically defined 'people's community'," the court said.
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Instant Pot is a leader in the multicooker category, which has ballooned 56 percent within the past year and grew 85 percent the year before, according to NPD.
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Action figures and accessories, outdoor and sports toys, games and puzzles, and building sets were the four categories that posted sales gains of the 11 tracked by NPD.
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"The holiday lull of week six is deeper than retailers want, but they drove it with deeper and deeper discounts," NPD analyst Marshal Cohen said at the time.
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According to The NPD Group's data, older millennials, aged 25-34, and Generation X, aged 35-49, also increased their purchasing of designer bags with no visible logo.
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Americans spent $8.1 billion on pricey makeup in 2017 alone, according to NPD Group , but drugstore brands can be just as good or better than high-end cosmetics.
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The Barbie Dreamhouse, which retails for $200, was among the top ten best-selling toys in the United States in 2018, according to market research firm NPD group.
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"The beauty of not being franchised, or not being public is you have control," said Bonnie Riggs, a restaurant industry analyst for The NPD Group's food-service division.
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The appetite for political books has exploded, with sales in that category reaching 11.7 million copies in 2018, up from 9.2 million in 2010, according to NPD BookScan.
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In 2006, Harris's publisher ordered a first printing of 1.5 million copies for "Hannibal Rising," but the novel only sold around 300,000 hardcover copies, according to NPD BookScan.
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NPD Group, the market research firm, estimates that some 47 million suitcases were sold in the United States in the 12 months from June 2017 to June 2018.
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"This is an industry issue across the board, and it's getting worse with the labor market tighter," said David Portalatin, NPD Group vice president and food industry advisor.
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This was the eighth annual Eichsfeld Day, a gathering of the National Democratic Party, which is a political party of avowed neo-Nazis better known as the NPD.
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Werner Henning, the Eichsfeld district administrator, lamented complaints that his office, which is responsible for issuing the permits for the NPD event, should do more to stop it.
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Since then, the brand has gained popularity by runners and today is the third best-selling running shoe brand, behind Brooks and New Balance, according to NPD Group.
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Sales of games across all platforms generated $35.4 billion in the United States last year, up 2 percent from 2018, according to NPD Group, a market research firm.
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Natural gas output from Norway, Western Europe's top supplier, fell by 2.9% to 10.4 billion cubic metres in January from December, lagging forecasts by 1.7%, the NPD said.
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Natural gas output from Norway, Western Europe's top supplier, fell by 2.9% to 10.4 billion cubic meters in January from December, lagging forecasts by 1.7%, the NPD said.
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Prestige beauty sales in the United States rose 6 percent in the 13 months ending in February, tallying $15.9 billion, according to the market research company NPD Group.
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But industry research firm NPD reported that planner sales in the US increased by more than $50 million from 2016 to 2017, from $290.7 million to $344.1 million.
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In a recent NPD survey of more than 9,100 consumers, Riggs said that 30 percent of respondents had said that they had cut back on spending at restaurants.
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Where the Crawdads Sing's first print run was 73,500 copies; industry tracker NPD BookScan reports that it has since sold over 1.4 million print units, not including ebooks.
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OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's oil output in November hit its highest level since March 2017 at 1.71 million barrels per day, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said on Thursday.
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In late July, Target Chief Executive Brian Cornell at a conference referenced a report by retail consultants NPD Group that cited a decline in discretionary spending by Hispanics.
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The lower spending by Hispanics has been hurting certain retailers since the start of the year, according to reports by brokerage firm Jefferies and analytics firm NPD Group.
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"Star Wars" items were the U.S. toy industry's top-selling line for 2015 and 2016 with $403 billion in sales over the two years, research firm NPD said.
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"Most people thought that when Toys R Us shuttered its doors that the industry would fall apart," said Juli Lennett, vice president and industry advisor at NPD Group.
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But overall toy sales ended the year down 2% to $21.6 billion as manufacturers experienced their first Christmas without the toy retailer, according to reports by NPD Group.
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It has lodged a court case which alleges the NPD is inspired by the Third Reich, believes in ethnic German supremacy and incites people to torch refugee hostels.
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The NPD is too small to appear in most opinion polls, but German officials estimate its support has ebbed to just 1 percent from closer to 1.5 percent.
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While off-price retailers are eighth, NPD said the number of people who plan to do their holiday shopping at off-price chains is up 3% since 2018.
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NPD Group, a research firm, says 15 percent of American households with an internet connection now own a home automation device, up from 10 percent in April 2016.
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"It's very much a focus on self ... and anything that can make you look good in a selfie," Karen Grant, NPD senior vice president and beauty analyst, told CNBC.
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When it comes to toys, the game segment has seen tremendous sales growth in the last year, up 20 percent from 2015 to 2016, according to the NPD Group.
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A separate report by NPD Group found sales of appliances online have continued to climb, with refrigerators being the most frequent purchase from that category made on the web.
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Those strong toy sales came amid a surge in buying, with sales across in-store and online channels 16 percent higher than the same week in 2015, NPD said.
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According to the NPD group, the Xbox One was outselling the PS4 in recent months, due in large part to the introduction of the smaller Xbox One S model.
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The NPD Group report also notes that those three titles rank 5th, 9th, and 10th, respectively, among the most sold games in the U.S. over the past 12 months.
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"Call of Duty" has been the best-selling game franchise in the United States for 10 years in a row, according to Mat Piscatella, an analyst at NPD Group.
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NPD Group, another research firm, recently estimated that U.S. sales of drones more than doubled in the 12-month period ending this February, increasing 117 percent year over year.
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That compares with roughly $10 to $15 per order at traditional dollar stores, according to separate data from Kantar Retail and Checkout Tracking, a data service of NPD Group.
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Though NPD notes that the average price of the Bluetooth units has continued to decrease, with around 30-percent of the number sold running less than $50 a pair.
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OSLO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Reserves at Norway's Oda field, which is operated by Spirit Energy, have been reduced by 30 percent, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said on Monday.
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Apple hasn't provided actual sales numbers for them, but NPD reports that about 85% of all money spent on completely wireless headphones in the US is spent on AirPods.
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Shell-operated Draugen, which has been producing oil since 1993, had about 24 million barrels in reserves left at end-2017, data from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) shows.
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There are also signs that the downturn the denim industry went through over the past couple of years is ending, consumer research firm NPD Group Inc said in August.
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Data from NPD Group's Checkout Tracking, which scans customer receipts, found the share of Black Friday shoppers who started on Thanksgiving fell 3 points last year, to 57 percent.
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Sales of premium makeup, fragrances and skin-care products that are generally not sold at drugstores rose 7 percent to $16 billion in 2015, according to research firm NPD.
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The German company had 6 percent of the U.S. casual sportswear market in December, more than tripling its share compared to a year ago, market intelligence firm NPD said.
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When it comes to toys, the game segment has seen tremendous sales growth in the last year, up 20 percent from 2015 to 2016, according to The NPD Group.
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Still though, Hasbro's first quarter earnings beat comes as the toy industry rebounds, posting its strongest sales in more than a decade in 2015, according to NPD Group Inc.
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In recent years, that growth has eclipsed digital downloads, and fueled a rebound in turntable sales, which according NPD research surged 16 percent in the year ending last February.
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It sold a record 53 million orders of its new $1 Nacho Fries in five weeks during the first quarter, contributing to outsized value menu sales gains, NPD said.
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According to data released by The NPD Group on Wednesday, U.S. toy sales increased 23.7 percent to $19.4 billion last year, topping the firm's estimate for 6.2 percent growth.
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A diverse selection of toys drove gains across 9 of the 11 subcategories tracked by The NPD Group, including games and puzzles, building sets, and action figures and accessories.
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In the toy industry alone more than $760 million worth of Star Wars merchandise was sold last year, topping 32.993 sales by $60 million, according to the NPD Group.
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In fact, according to global market research company The NPD Group, 73 marked a historic moment: Sales of nude and brown lip colors surpassed the pink or red category.
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Nike's "core customer wants them to take a stand on social issues," Matt Powell, vice president and senior industry adviser for The NPD Group, told The New York Post.
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As a result, the NPD, which manages Norway's oil and gas resources, will this year conduct 3D seismic surveys of geological structures that straddle the border in the Arctic.
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A video game industry analyst from the NPD Group released a list of the top-selling game of each year dating back to 1995, including physical and digital copies.
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NPD has further found that roughly two-thirds of shoppers across the U.S. plan to complete at least a portion of their holiday shopping through digital channels this year.
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David Portalatin, NPD food industry advisor, points to the rise of streaming, video games, and other ways for people to relax and socialize that have moved to the home.
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More than 4 in 10 consumers say they plan to shop at a dollar store during the holidays, according to a new report from market research firm NPD Group.
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"Games are now being designed, marketed and sold in ways that are customized for a particular country or region," said Mat Piscatella, a games industry analyst at NPD Group.
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The NPD Group analyzed receipts from a panel of 150,000 customers nationwide and found that last year the big traditional shopping days were not the highest restaurant volume days.
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Revenue from food deliveries jumped 20% in the past five years, and the overall number of deliveries increased 10% in the same time frame, according to The NPD Group.
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The $13.5 billion U.S. women's and men's jeans market grew sales by 4 percent from 2015 to 2016, according to the most recent tracking survey by The NPD Group.
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In 2017, activewear apparel sales increased about 2 percent to $48 billion, representing roughly 22 percent of total apparel industry sales, according to NPD Group, a market research firm.
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Nintendo's video game console is poised to be the bestselling hardware platform in the United States this year, according to NPD Group industry analyst Mat Piscatella told CNN Business.
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NPD reported that about 3 percent of "Star Wars" sales in 2016 came from collectibles, defined as certain types of trading cards, action figures, and other products for collectors.
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NPD head Bente Nyland told Reuters that production last year and this year's prediction were lower than previously expected due to start-up delays and production difficulties at several fields.
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NPD expects oil firms to drill about the same number of exploration wells in 2019 as in 2018 as cost-cutting and higher oil prices raise profitability of new developments.
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In 2017, the consumer and retail research firm NPD Group reported that, after years of being the most slept-on category in beauty, skin care was making a huge comeback.
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"Worries over an industry-wide slowdown following weak holiday NPD data and Mattel's recent pre-announce seem overblown," Trevor Young, an analyst at Jefferies wrote in a research note Monday.
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"The restaurant industry in general, and even quick service restaurants, have really been impacted by a slowdown in visits," Warren Solochek, president of NPD Group's food service division, told CNBC.
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There's also mounting concern around Under Armour's recognition by consumers as only a "gym-wear brand" that sells sweat-proof shirts and shorts, NPD Group analyst Matt Powell told CNBC.
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Mazyek told the Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung daily the AfD was "soaking up" the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD), which Germany's Constitutional Court earlier this year said pursued Nazi ideals.
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Life-to-date U.S. brick and mortar sales from the top five games in the list came in at $4.4 billion, said Liam Callahan, an analyst with The NPD Group.
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What Happened, Hillary Clinton's new book about her shocking loss, has brought in 168,000 hardcover sales, according to NPD BookScan — the biggest opening in five years for a nonfiction release.
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Norway's total oil output is expected to grow by 43% from 2019 to 2024, much of it coming from Sverdrup, forecasts from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) showed in January.
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Interestingly enough Bluetooth headphones now account for 54 percent of U.S. dollar sales in the category according to NPD, and the timing for Apple to accelerate that growth is perfect.
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The U.S. food-service sector overall has seen traffic range from an increase of 0.6% to a decline of as much as -0.4% in recent years, according to NPD Group.
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According to market research company NPD Group, sales of craft supplies have been up since preparations began for the Women's Marches held across the country the day after Trump's inauguration.
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The number of tacos sold at fast food restaurants grew 4% this year, to 1.4 billion servings, according to data from NPD Group for the year ending in May 2019.
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NPD Executive Director Brad Akyuz tells TechCrunch that the average smartphone flagship user tends to hold onto their phones for around 30 months — or exactly two-and-a-half years.
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It temporarily sold out just ahead of Christmas, and, as Anki helpfully pointed out, NPD ranked it as the number two premium toy in the U.S. this past holiday season.
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NPD is currently embroiled in a fight with the upper house of Germany's parliament, which argues that the party is racist and antisemitic, and is seeking to have it banned.
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"They (younger shoppers) are getting mom to buy more for them, because they are agreeing to shop at these less expensive lower priced retailers," NPD Group analyst Marshal Cohen said.
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The NPD Group, a retail trade organization, recently found that Beyonce was second only to pop star Rihanna in her ability to translate her name into sales for big brands.
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The NPD Group has released a list of the best-selling video games in the United States during April 23, based on data collected from April 22 through May 22014.
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The former head of Germany's Central Council of Jews, Charlotte Knobloch, said the country's history and current strength of right-wing populism had made it crucial to outlaw the NPD.
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In 2017, more Americans are expected to begin their holiday shopping in the middle of the season, or Thanksgiving weekend, as opposed to beginning later in the season, NPD said.
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Similarly, analysts at The NPD Group expected quick-service chains to see traffic grow by about 1 percent, while visits to full-service chains are anticipated to fall 2 percent.
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And in the United States, sales of fine jewelry retailing at less than $600 rose 4 percent last year, according to the NPD Group, which tracks the American retail market.
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Americans blew $8.1 billion on high-end makeup in 2017, according to NPD Group, with primer, concealer and eye shadow all seeing double-digit sales growth over the previous year.
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The toy, a plastic sphere that holds individually wrapped dolls and accessories, was the fastest-selling toy in September, according to NPD Group, and shows no signs of slowing down.
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The NPD Group expects online grocery retailers to begin selling meal kits, which will be a catalyst that drives kits across the board to be cheaper and more readily available.
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"It builds an excitement as to what it is that they're going to have behind each little door," said Kissura Craft, a fragrance analyst at the marketing research NPD Group.
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The company's footprint in the activewear market in the U.S. shrunk to 5.6% from 6.4% through June compared with the same period a year earlier, according to The NPD Group.
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"It doesn't mean the physical stores are going to go away, but there will be a whole lot less of them," said Matt Powell, a sports industry analyst for NPD.
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"Every aspect of retailing's machine is going to be modernized and ultimately energized green," said Marshal Cohen, chief retail industry analyst at The NPD Group, a research and consulting specialist.
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"Fire Emblem: Three Houses," which launched in July, marked the biggest launch of a "Fire Emblem" game in the US, according to NPD Group, which declined to share exact numbers.
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According to Darren Seifer, food and beverage industry analyst at NPD Group, too much packaging is another of the major factors that consumers cited when abandoning their meal kit subscriptions.
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In 2016, Bluetooth headphones accounted for a whopping 54 percent of all headphone sales, overtaking non-Bluetooth sets for the first time, according to the NPD Group's Retail Tracking Service.
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"There are so many footwear companies, so you really need every advantage to get customer attention," says Beth Goldstein, an industry analyst for fashion footwear and accessories at NPD group.
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"Call of Duty" was also the top selling game in December, the eighth consecutive December that a "Call of Duty" franchise release has topped the sales chart, according to NPD.
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"Initially, Ivy Park will be smaller than Yeezy, but Ivy Park has the potential to be larger, if managed properly," says Matt Powell, a senior footwear analyst at NPD Group.
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"There's a lot going on in the cultural zeitgeist, and that's translating into increased book sales," Kristen McLean, executive director of business development at NPD Group, told Variety on Thursday.
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Sales of backcountry safety gear (avalanche beacons, probes, shovels, skins), used by backcountry travelers (skiers, snowboarders, snowshoers, snowmobilers) have increased more than 800 percent during the same period, NPD reports.
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Beef burger sales are somewhat stagnant, with the NPD Group finding that traditional burger sales were flat for the year ending in May 2019, with 6.4 billion beef burgers sold.
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A report from NPD Group published in early December found that less than 10% of people in the United States are spending more than $1,000 on a new mobile device.
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Despite that, oil output in 22019 of 22018 million cubic meters (mcm), or 240 million barrels, missed a 22014 mcm forecast made a year ago, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said.
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Fast-casual restaurants are forecast to grow by an estimated 7.5 percent this year, finding momentum while traditional restaurants are experiencing "sluggish customer visits," according to the consumer trends company NPD.
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That's still twice as much as the 3.5 million copies sold last year of Michelle Obama's "Becoming," the next-best selling book in the United States last year, according to NPD.
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" Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at the NPD Group, said retailers are focused on dealing with online competition and working harder at "creating a better and more satisfying in-store experience.
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"Give the millennials what they want — fresh, healthier fare and a decent price — and they will come," David Portalatin, vice president of industry analysis at NPD Group, said in a statement.
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Since 2008, in-store dining and prepared foods have grown nearly 30 percent in groceries — accounting for 2.4 billion foodservice visits and $10 billion in consumer spending in 2015, NPD said.
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DE has doubled its market share in the United States in a year, unseating Under Armour as the No. 2 sportswear maker in the country, according to market research firm NPD.
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He's been active in right-wing politics since high school, when he joined the National Democratic Party (NPD), which Germany's authorities have twice tried to ban for violating laws against Nazism.
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Just last year, men's skin-care products alone saw a more than 53% jump in sales and with the category currently valued at $122 million, according to market researcher NPD Group.
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In August Germany's constitutional watchdog put the IB under formal observation—hardly surprising, as the NPD, a German neo-Nazi party, has circulated the movement's videos as examples of good technique.
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Activewear grew to represent nearly a quarter of total apparel industry sales in the U.S. at the end of 2018, NPD Group said, and is forecast to grow through this year.
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Warren Solochek, president of market research firm NPD Group's Foodservice Practice, said the lack of growth in visits to quick-service restaurants has persisted over the past four to five years.
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"From clothing to footwear to technology, forward-thinking companies are enacting a less binary vision of how we shop, dress, and live — in response to an emerging consumer need," NPD wrote.
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Kimchi consumption at restaurants increased more than 16% this year as fusion dishes like kimchi pizza, kimchi grilled cheese and kimchi fries have started trending, according to market research firm NPD.
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Market researcher NPD Group said it was the United States' best-selling game in December, helping the Switch outsell the PS4 to become 2018's biggest-selling console in that country.
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For good reason: Fitbit users can be fanatical about the products, and it has sold more than 30 million devices worldwide to date, according to data from market research firm NPD.
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Adidas more than doubled its share of the U.S. athletic footwear market to 211 percent in January, but remained far behind Nike on 27.6 percent, according to market data firm NPD.
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Overall demand for mobile batteries has been high in general this year – NPD days sales are up 35 percent year-over-year on a 12-month measure as of June 2016.
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"Retail certainly has to be measured with a different yardstick than we're used to in the past," says Marshal Cohen, the chief retail analyst at the market research firm NPD Group.
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Value menu traffic was up 53 percent for the first three months of 25, while value menu sales chalked up a 21 percent gain, NPD Group analyst Bonnie Riggs told Reuters.
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What's more, although Best Buy's U.S. holiday sales declined 0.8 percent, they easily outperformed broader industry trends reported by The NPD Group, implying the retailer gained market share during the period.
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STAVANGER, Norway, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Norwegian oil and gas investments will begin to rise in 2018 after falling for the last four years, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said on Thursday.
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Perhaps the only good news for mainstream parties, and for all moderate voters, was that the NPD, a neo-Nazi party that had been represented in Mecklenburg's assembly, was voted out.
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The young generation is less likely than millennials and Generation X to shop online, according to a report from The NPD Group based on online surveys of 3,485 consumers in September.
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And customers have indeed started to front-load their gift purchases in recent years, whether as a result or cause of the early marketing momentum, according to research firm NPD Group.
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According to NPD analyst Matt Powell, Adidas was the fastest-growing player in the athletic footwear market overall in 2017, surpassing Nike and increasing its sales by more than 50 percent.
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Darren Seifer, a food and beverage industry analyst for NPD, noted that the number one reason consumers give for halting their subscriptions is because they say the kits are too expensive.
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In January, analysts at the NPD Group expected quick-service chains to see traffic grow by about 1 percent, while visits to full-service chains are anticipated to fall 2 percent.
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"While I have a lot of admiration for what Fanatics has done, what they're doing is replicable," said Matt Powell, a sports industry analyst at the market research firm NPD Group.
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If that's not evidence enough to prove there's interest in cheaper smartphones, an NPD survey from December indicates that just 10% of people are spending more than $1,000 on their smartphones.
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"In some aspects, Rothy's was one of the first companies to embrace sustainability as a mission from the beginning," said Beth Goldsetin, footwear and accessories analyst with market research firm NPD.
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The NPD Group, a market research company, is predicting "flat" growth in 22016 restaurant traffic, with a 2 percent decline among full-service restaurants and no growth for quick-service restaurants.
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The lawsuit is the latest in a series of criticisms leveled against the NPD by Alaska Native women, who say that law enforcement has not taken the violence they face seriously.
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NPD did find that December showed an increase in people eating out after they shopped or ran errands, but it's likely they would have eaten out anyway during a normal weekend.
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American Eagle already claims the most share of the jeans market among 15- to 25-year-olds and ranks second in all jeans brands, behind Levi's, according to data from NPD.
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"This whole concept of what's old is new again is something the resonates across the consumer landscape," said David Portalatin, chief food analyst at the NPD Group, a market research firm.
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Companies that make school supplies have figured out how to get parents to spend more by offering innovations on the basics, said Marshal Cohen, chief industry adviser at The NPD Group.
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"The fashion industry has undergone one of the most dramatic makeovers in recent history – no doubt influenced by the millennial consumer," said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at NPD, told Lutz.
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According to the industry tracker NPD Bookscan, Normal People has sold just under 64,000 units in hardcover in the US in the four months it's been out, not including e-books.
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OSLO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Oil firm DNO has made a small oil and gas discovery in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said on Friday.
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Norway's overall output of oil, natural gas, condensates and natural gas liquids rose to 4.11 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, its highest level since February 2018, NPD data showed.
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A 303 "future of footwear" study commissioned by the market research firm NPD found that Millennials and Generation Z, the primary consumers of athletic footwear, are "very concerned" about the environment.
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"Our survey shows that consumers were concerned about where their shoes were made and whether or not they were made ethically," NPD senior sports industry advisor Matt Powell told CNN Business.
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Alternative für Deutschland officials have been keen to distance their party from thuggish groups like the neo-Nazi NPD party — and to present themselves as a bürgerlich (socially respectable) political alternative.
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It's owned by the event's organizer, Tommy Frenck, an NPD politician famous for founding a "citizen's defense" group and organizing torchlit marches through his hometown of Schleusingen, about six miles away.
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Some analysts, when they're looking at the wearables market, whether just in the U.S., like the NPD group does, or the global market, like IDC does, they lump them all together.
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In the U.S., customers spent $21.6 billion on toys last year, less than the $22 billion shelled out for action figures, dolls and games in 2017, according to market researcher NPD Group.
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"'Infinite Warfare' units came in 17 percent shy of our expectations, down close to 50 percent y/y," Cowen analyst Doug Creutz wrote in a note to clients Friday citing NPD data.
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In fact, according to retail data provided by sales tracking firm NPD Group, Nintendo has sold more than 196,000 units in the US since the device went on sale early last month.
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It covers a very broad spectrum of the right: from small-statists who might otherwise vote for the tax-cutting FDP to ultranationalists who might otherwise vote for the extreme-right NPD.
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Announced in September and released in October, the new flagship cameras were the number one and two best-selling digital cameras in the US, according to an NPD report cited by GoPro.
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The game, 2019's best-selling title according to data from research firm NPD, offered a wide range of free content in December, including new multi-player maps, to increase user engagement.
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The prestige cosmetics market, which includes brands like Estee Lauder's MAC and Bobbi Brown, has been soft since the end of 2017 and into 20193, according to data from the NPD Group.
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"Call of Duty: Black Ops III", released in November, stayed in the list of 10 most sold physical videogames in the United States in January-March, according to research firm NPD Group.
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In 2015, the research group NPD declared that one of the biggest trends in fashion would be moving away from gendered dressing, and cited younger shoppers' collective desire to buck societal norms.
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Americans spent $21.4 billion on women's full-sized clothing in 2016, according to NPD Group, which has predicted the market will grow at an average of 4 percent each year through 2020.
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As a result of the increased activity, the NPD may have to revise upwards its forecasts for the oil industry's overall investments in Norway, Nyland said on the sidelines of a conference.
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Going to pay homage to Donald's shiitake glans was the start of a documentary I've made as part of VICE's Chosen Ones series, trying to trace this wave of interest in NPD.
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In the U.S., customers spent $21.6 billion on toys in 2018, less than the $22 billion shelled out for action figures, dolls and games in 2017, according to market researcher NPD Group.
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Bonnie Riggs, a restaurant analyst at NPD Group, said the only way for fast-food chains to drive an increase in store traffic in the current landscape is to seek loyal customers.
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"American Eagle is the number one women's jeans brand in the U.S. and number two overall in the U.S., according to data from NPD," Chad Kessler, American Eagle global brand president said.
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NPD also says online shopping, which has risen 8 percent in the last year alone, may also be to blame—people are buying crap on Amazon instead of going out for food.
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Microsoft's Xbox One sales appear to be picking up in the US. Xbox One was the top-selling console in the US during July, August, and September, according to the NPD group.
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The far-right NPD was knocked out of the state assembly, falling below the 5 percent threshold for the first time since 2006 with 3.5 percent, down from 6 percent in 2011.
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READ: German synagogue shooter denied Holocaust in a video uploaded to Twitch Saxony has a track record of support for far-right and right-wing populist parties, including the neo-Nazi NPD.
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He said November U.S. physical game unit sales of "Star Wars Battlefront II" declined 2500 percent versus 218's "Star Wars Battlefront" in its first month, according to NPD sell-through data.
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According to the NPD Group, "Madden" has been the best-selling game in the month it was released for 20 straight years, and is the best-selling sports franchise of all time.
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"The brand is much smaller than the big names but definitely getting some traction," Matt Powell, a vice president and senior industry adviser at NPD Group, told Footwear News earlier in August.
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In 2017, about 30 percent of U.S. consumers plan to start their holiday shopping over Thanksgiving weekend, compared to only 12 to 16 percent in the years prior to 2014, NPD said.
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"We should expect the same levels of growth this year during the week of Christmas," Juli Lennett, vice president and industry advisor for toys at the NPD Group, said in a statement.
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The good news is there is room to grow; some 20 percent of U.S. consumers, about 50 million people, have a strong interest in trying meal delivery kits, according to NPD research.
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Sales of skincare products in the US grew by 21% in 353, hitting $235 billion, while makeup sales increased just 22017%, according to data from The NPD Group, a market research company.
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The DOJ led a three-year long investigation into the Newark Police Department after the American Civil Liberties Union published a report alleging rampant misconduct and insufficient internal oversight among NPD officers.
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Digital sales aren't helping: the ESA says over 70% of games sold are now sold digitally and market research group NPD tries to track everything from DLC (extra downloadable content) to microtransactions.
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NPD gathers its data from leading retailers providing weekly point-of-sale data in U.S. stores and online in apparel, toys, technology, athletic footwear, prestige beauty, small home appliances and office supplies.
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Little over a year after it first went on sale, Google Wifi has become the best selling mesh technology Wi-Fi system in the U.S., according to new data from NPD Group.
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I had a member of the NPD (Germany's neo-Nazi party) in as a witness, and I just told him that combat boots symbolized the far-right, violence, and anti-foreigner sentiments.
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Festival organizer Thorsten Heise, the NPD chairman in the neighboring state of Thuringia, declined to answer VICE News' questions about the festival, saying they would be addressed at a press conference Saturday.
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Always camera ready, they are buying and using almost 230 percent more cosmetics than they did just two years ago and significantly more than baby boomers, according to the research firm NPD.
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In addition, "Go Set a Watchman," her second novel, was the best-selling book of 20143 in the United States, and sold more than 1.6 million hardcover copies, according to NPD BookScan.
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According to the retail analyst NPD Group, consumers spent more than $9 billion on watches in the 12 months ending March 2019, nearly $5 billion of which was on traditional analog watches.
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About 60 percent of the undiscovered resources in the Norwegian areas of the Barents Sea are expected to be in the form of liquids, and the remainder natural gas, the NPD said.
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"Nuestros últimos datos muestran que el 73 por ciento de los consumidores estadounidenses jugaron videojuegos de una forma u otra", señaló Mat Piscatella, un analista de la industria que trabaja para NPD.
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The list of scheduled speakers features the country's most prominent far-right activists—members of Germany's main nationalist parties—NPD, Die Rechte, Der Dritte Weg, and local right-wing organizations like Thügida.
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Bonnie Riggs, an analyst with the NPD Group, who has no relation to Pita Pit's Riggs, noted that the last time restaurants raised prices too much the industry saw traffic and sales plummet.
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In 2013, the number of women who identified as "dieters" dropped down to the all-time low of just 23% (in 1992, it was 35%), according to market research firm The NPD Group.
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"For the last four years, there has been nothing comparable to the instant sales success within weeks of launch as Hatchimals," Juli Lennett, U.S. toys industry analyst at The NPD Group, told CNBC.
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Last year, the toy industry saw its best sales in more than a decade and it is expected to see its sales grow by 6.5 percent this year, according to the NPD Group.
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Not only are people buying AirPods in droves (according to research firm NPD, AirPods led to 85% of all completely wireless headphone sales as of August 2017), they really like using them, too.
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"The exclusive and differentiated merchandising mix that Victoria's Secret offers shoppers has led to a unique breed of consumer that is extremely loyal," NPD chief industry analyst Marshal Cohen said at the time.
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In fact, researchers at the NPD Group reported that the faux-tan market was worth an enormous £5.9 million (around $7.8 million USD) in 2017, all thanks to brilliant advances in tanning technology.
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Thanks to chains such as Burger King, White Castle and Bareburger, servings of plant-based burgers at fast-food chains are up 10% in the year ending in May, the NPD Group found.
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NPD is an all-pervasive attempt to keep the darkness out, to never admit fault in anything, especially not that one is, rather than basically great, instead laboring under a medically diagnosable delusion.
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"With continued focus on consumers' ever-changing wants and needs, operators and their partners are in a position to alter the current forecast," Bonnie Riggs, restaurant industry analyst for The NPD Group, said.
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Millennials, which comprise more than a third of the women's intimate apparel market, spent a third of its bra dollars in 2.203 on sports bras, according to retail trade group the NPD Group.
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NPD estimates that 133 million connected activity trackers were sold in the US in 2015, up from 7.2 million in 2014, totaling $1.46 billion in sales, up from $692 million the previous year.
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Wes Henderek, an analyst for the NPD Group, says the key "is not really an app per se, but the ability for the device [smartwatch] to be stand alone" that will make difference.
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"Call of Duty: Black Ops III" was the highest-selling physical videogame in the United States for the whole of last year, according to research firm NPD, despite its launch in early November.
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People with NPD have a pathological need for admiration from others and lack empathy; they have rich fantasy lives and enormous senses of entitlement that belie fragile egos vulnerable to the slightest criticisms.
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"The launch month of Destiny 2 was well short of the original iteration by a material amount," Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olson wrote in a note to clients Friday, citing the NPD data.
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Troll, Norway's largest gas field, produced 21.8 bcm of sale gas during the first eight months of 2019, down from 25.2 bcm during the same period of 2018, data from the NPD shows.
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Wellesley Petroleum was set up with the backing of private equity firm Blue Water Energy in 2015 and received approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) to hold offshore stakes the same year.
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U.S. restaurants saw $10103 billion of delivery sales in the year ending June 2017, and non-pizza delivery traffic was up 33 percent in 2015 versus 2012, according to the NPD Group/CREST.
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Several senior NPD figures have been convicted of Holocaust denial or incitement - its European lawmaker Udo Voigt has described Hitler as a "great German statesman" - but the party denies any involvement in violence.
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A recent report on the business from the NPD Group, a consumer research firm, found that only 3 percent of people 18 and older had tried a meal kit in the last year.
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Ask the retail analysts at the NPD Group, which this year reported that, just as sales of women's handbags slumped 5 percent in 2014, growth among bags for men leapt by double digits.
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Millennials, who comprise more than a third of the women's intimate apparel market, spent a third of their bra dollars in 2.203 on sports bras, according to retail trade group the NPD Group.
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Lovebombing is commonly used by people with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), which is characterized by a constant need for praise and attention and an inability to handle disappointment or criticism in any form.
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"It makes perfect sense that as online grocery shopping grows it will drive the adoption of meal kits," Darren Seifer, food and beverage industry analyst at The NPD Group, said in a statement.
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People's tendency to shares photos on social media could give the technology broader exposure, said Joe Derochowski, a home industry analyst and the executive director of the NPD Group, a market research firm.
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According to data from the NPD Group, Vans sales grew by around 25% in the first half of 2019, while the Nike brand and Brand Jordan grew at a low single-digit pace.
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The list of the top 10 selling sneakers of 2019 included brands like Adidas and Vans, though Nike designs nabbed the top three spots, according to a report from NPD analyst Matt Powell.
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"These days, the No. 1 thing consumers try to keep out of their diet is sugar," said Darren Seifer, a food and beverage industry analyst at the market research firm the NPD Group.
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In 2017, the number of independent restaurants in the United States fell by almost 11,000, to 346,100, from the previous year, according to an analysis by the NPD Group, a market research company.
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"Old School," which came out on March 22015 and was written with Bruce Feirstein, sold 67,500 copies in its first week, according to NPD BookScan, which tracks 85 percent of the print market.
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When it comes to smartwatch functions that wearers use daily, notifications and text alerts, activity tracking, and news updates topped the list, according to a 2017 survey from market research firm NPD Group.
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While video game sales fell in 2019, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – the most recent entry in the franchise – still ended the year as the top-selling game, according to the NPD Group.
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According to market research firm, The NPD Group, from April 2013 to March 2014, there was a 28% increase in eyebrow makeup sales with eyebrow focus brand, Anastasia Beverly Hills, leading the pack.
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What's important to note is that the resale market and the global footwear market, which is worth about $55 billion according to NPD Sports Industry Analyst Matt Powell, operate concurrently of each other.
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"Most people who are not intrinsically involved with NPD leaders will only see their larger-than-life persona, their smooth demeanor, and their self-confidence rather than their devastating narcissistic tendencies," Dr. Germain says.
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To be sure, overall unit sales may be better than the NPD and Gfk Chart-Track sell-through numbers as the firms only track physical game sales in retail stores not digital game sales.
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After shaking off some of that weakness in 2015, the rise in higher-end prestige fragrances decelerated from last year's 4 percent growth, to a more tepid 2 percent through October, according to NPD.
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Led by "Star Wars" merchandise, toy sales in the United States rose 6.7 percent to $19.4 billion in 2015, making it one of the strongest performances for toy sales in years, NPD Group said.
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Led by Star Wars merchandise, toy sales in the United States rose 6.7 percent to $19.4 billion in 2015, making it one of the strongest performances for toy sales in years, NPD Group said.
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Investigators found that NPD officers were violating citizens' rights under the First, Fourth and 14th amendments to the Constitution by engaging in illegal stops, searches, arrests, use of excessive force and theft by officers.
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BB-8 droids, lightsabers and other playthings made "Star Wars" the U.S. toy industry's top-selling property for 2015 and 103, with $1.5 billion in sales over the two years, research firm NPD said.
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"Young consumers really react to brands that have heritage and are authentic, and I think a lot of what we're seeing is a result of that," said Beth Goldstein, an analyst at NPD Group.
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Sales of women's bras in the U.S. held steady at nearly $7 billion last year, according to NPD Group, but Grant felt the industry wasn't doing enough to cater to customers of different sizes.
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According to the NPD Group, nearly a third of people it surveyed in the United States last year said they rent DVDs and Blu-rays in addition to using a subscription service like Netflix.
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But Americans' favorite processed meat could be losing favor with consumers — data shows that chicken nuggets are appearing on menus less often, and demand in restaurants declined from 2017 to 2018, according to NPD.
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In what amounts to faint praise for the strength of the physical book NPD reported that print book sales rose 1.9 percent in 2017, less than the 3 percent growth posted in 2013-2016.
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"Usually, bumper stickers would be the most popular form of support for a candidate, but this year it was different," said Michael Cohen, a retail expert with NPD, a group of market research experts.
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People really weren't joking about needing extra batteries to play Pokémon Go. Battery pack sales doubled in the US during roughly the two weeks that followed the game's release, according to The NPD Group.
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Sprint's plan allows customers to stream an unlimited amount of data – which is helpful considering that over 80 percent of smartphone users now stream video, according to research from NPD, cited today by Sprint.
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Mattel's results contradicted an NPD Group report earlier in the day that said the toy industry expanded 1.833 percent in 2016 as customers took advantage of early Cyber Monday online promotions during Thanksgiving week.
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Last year, consumer spending on video games in the United States reached $42.2 billion, according to the market research firm NPD Group, and streaming services now consider the industry to be a chief competitor.
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BERLIN/KARLSRUHE (Reuters) - Germany's Constitutional Court on Tuesday said the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) resembled Adolf Hitler's Nazi party, but ruled against banning it because it was too weak to endanger democracy.
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The video game industry endured a bout of doom and gloom on Thursday after market research firm The NPD Group reported that overall sales were flat compared to 2014 in its 2015 annual report.
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Some 50 extreme-right supporters of the nationalist National Party of Germany (NPD) marched on Friday through a Berlin suburb demanding Germany dropped the Euro currency and calling for delinquent foreigners to be expelled.
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According to Matt Powell, a sports industry analyst at NPD Group, basketball shoes now account for just 4 percent of the shoe market, down from a high of 13 percent a few years ago.
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Last year, online makeup sales increased by nearly 30 percent, while those in department stores and specialty boutiques like Ulta and Sephora rose just 3 percent, according to the research marketing company NPD Group.
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But the effort to capture consumers interested in esports to buy sneakers and apparel may be difficult for Puma and others, according to Matt Powell, a senior industry analyst for market researcher NPD Group.
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For Mr. Díaz, total print sales of his books in the United States dropped nearly 85 percent in the seven months after the reports against him, according to the market research firm NPD Group.
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BB-8 droids, lightsabers and other playthings made "Star Wars" the U.S. toy industry's top-selling property for 23 and 2016, with $1.5 billion in sales over the two years, research firm NPD said.
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Its revenue has been growing robustly, and its share of the North American sports-footwear market has jumped to 11 percent from 28 percent since 21989, according to the market research company NPD Group.
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The industry, which had its best year in more than a decade last season, is slated to grow 6.5 percent in 2016, propelled by "Star Wars," collectibles and tech toys, according to the NPD Group.
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"A lot of the items that are offered at great deals around the holidays ... are going to be self-gifted and are male-centric," Marshal Cohen, chief industry advisor of The NPD Group, told CNBC.
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Grocerants, which can offer a wide assortment of specialty categories like Asian, seafood and barbecue, received higher ratings for variety, healthy options, freshness and quality than traditional quick service restaurants, according to NPD Group information.
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Since 2008, the in-store dining and prepared foods category has grown nearly 30 percent in grocery stores, accounting for 2.4 billion food service visits and $10 billion in consumer spending last year, NPD said.
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Data from NPD Group's Checkout Tracking, which scans customer receipts from in-store and online purchases, found the share of Black Friday shoppers who started on Thanksgiving fell 3 points last year, to 57 percent.
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The collection also finds the sweet spot between a fashion sneaker market that has grown 9% in the past year and the hiking boot market, which is up 3%, according to data from NPD Group.
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Citing data from NPD, GoPro says the Hero 5 Black was the best-selling digital camera in the US for three straight quarters now, and the Hero 5 Session has been basically right behind it.
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The murky interstitial terrain–the Trump Zone, you might call it–between the conservative mainstream and categorically far-right movements like PEGIDA, an anti-Islam group, and the extremist NPD party is broadly off-limits.
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In the intervening years, he moved to Macedonia and performed a cunning short-circuit on his hurricane-force narcissism, transforming his status as a walking museum of NPD into a vehicle to make himself famous.
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Lawyers for the NPD, a fringe radical party, said that hearings would include details from state-paid informants - an argument that led to the collapse of a previous attempt to outlaw the party in 2003.
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Back in April, The NPD Group reported that shoppers — many of them younger — were spending less on athleisure — trendy yet comfortable athletic apparel — and were instead beginning to move more dollars into the makeup industry.
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In 2016, delivery accounted for 1.7 million U.S. restaurant visits, or about 3 percent of restaurant traffic, and $16.1 billion in sales, said Bonnie Riggs, a restaurant industry analyst for the NPD Group's foodservice unit.
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When the man went to the cops with what he'd learned, they told him that "Lanza's mother owned the guns and that there was nothing NPD could do about it," according to an FBI file.
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Fresh off the announcement of its new Nintendo Switch Lite console, the Japanese video game maker's latest "Super Mario" game also managed to top the June sales charts, based on data from the NPD Group.
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The gaming company hasn't released any specifics surrounding just how many units of the all-in-one emulator it managed to move, so we'll have to rely on some new numbers coming out of NPD.
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Approximately 712,000 copies of Obama's book, which was released in November, were sold the week before Christmas, according to the Post, citing stats from NPD Bookscan, which tracks about 80 percent of the retail market.
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Meanwhile, data from Checkout Tracking, a service of The NPD Group, found that in the six-month period ended July, dollar store buyers gave roughly 30 percent of their spending to the major mass merchants.
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Millennials, accused of weakening sectors ranging from diamonds to breakfast cereals and laundry products, spent 25 per cent more on cosmetics in 1.63 than they had two years earlier, according to NPD, a trade group.
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The German maker of Stan Smiths increased its market share of footwear sales in the United States to 11 percent in May from 6 percent a year earlier, according to retail research firm NPD Group.
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And while the kits are priced competitively with one another, they compare with an average cost of $4 a meal when cooking at home and $10 a meal when ordering at a restaurant, NPD said.
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While only a sliver of customers in the U.S., about 5 percent, have tried out these dinner-in-a-box subscription services, the number of subscribers could soon grow exponentially, according to the NPD Group.
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Traffic growth for all types of restaurants has flatlined at 2000 percent since March, according to the NPD Group, which considers the number of visits a more reliable indicator of industry health than sales figures.
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All of this is expected to fuel spending on games, which rose 221 percent to $229 billion in the first half of the year from the same period in 279.99, according to the NPD Group.
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According to Joe Derochowski, the home-industry adviser at the NPD Group, a market research firm, nearly 20183 million air fryers were sold in the United States from late May 2017 to mid-March 2019.
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"The real question is why didn't it go forward, and the real answer is they didn't sell enough shoes to make it worth their while," said Matt Powell, a sports industry analyst at NPD Group.
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Roughly two-thirds of adults already are trying to cut back on their sugar intake, said Darren Seifer, a food and beverage industry analyst for The NPD Group, a New York-based market research company.
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The new forecast by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) predicted about 2.8 billion standard cubic meters of oil equivalent (17.6 billion barrels) could yet be found in the Barents, up from 1.4 billion seen earlier.
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More than four out of five meals were prepared and eaten at, or carried from, home in 2016, while Americans ate in another person's house 38 times, six more than in 2015, according to NPD.
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Matt Powell, a sports industry analyst at NPD Group, estimated Big Baller Brand would sell 10,000 pairs, which he described as a "rounding error" given the 400 million pairs of shoes Nike made last year.
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Many people are pushed into the unlimited plans by the Big Four but, in fact, the average person uses about 5.8GB per month (though millennials use about 6.8GB), according to market research firm NPD Group.
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Cornell, citing a more detailed version of the NPD report than one that has been publicly released, said late last month that shopping visits among Latinos were down about 11 percent in November and December.
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Consider upgrading now if you have not bought a television in the last two years, Stephen Baker, vice president of technology industry analysis at the NPD Group, a consumer research firm, wrote in an email.
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Breakfast is the final frontier for the restaurant business: More people prepare breakfast at home than any other meal, and the morning remains the only growth market for the fast food industry, according to NPD.
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"I think we're going to see them do a lot more product that doesn't look like it's meant for the gym, but does have performance characteristics," NPD Group industry analyst Matt Powell told Yahoo Finance.
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For the past several years, adult fiction sales have steadily fallen — in 2200, adult fiction sales through early December totaled around 21950 million units, down from nearly 260 million in 21974, according to NPD BookScan.
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"Smartwatches and smartwatch retailers not normally in the watch retail business are bringing additional consumers into wearing a time-telling device on their wrist," said Reginald Brack of the NPD Group, an information service company.
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But if your parent has an outlandish sense of entitlement, makes unrealistic demands on you, seems blind to other people's emotions, and fits the other descriptions of NPD, it might be time to let go.
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According to the NPD Group and Consumer Tracking Service, for the 22015-month period ending December 53, 25 percent of Nintendo DS users were in the 22015–22015 age range, and 19 percent were 18–34.
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According to the NPD Group, the prestige makeup category saw a 21% increase last year, with the majority of that driven by the "All Other Face" segment — which includes primers, contour products, highlighters, and sculpting kits.
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Electric bike sales jumped by an incredible 13 percent from 2016 to 2017 and then another 72 percent from 2017 to 2018 to reach an impressive $143.4 million, according to the market research firm NPD Group.
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"The exclusive and differentiated merchandising mix that Victoria's Secret offers shoppers has led to a unique breed of consumer that is extremely loyal," Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at The NPD Group, said in a statement.
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Under Armour's share of the activewear market in the U.S. shrunk to 5.6% from 6.4% through June of this year compared with the same time frame a year ago, according to The NPD Group's tracking service.
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The majority fall into the fast casual category, which saw its traffic growth decelerate last year to 1 percent on the heels of poor performance from Chipotle Mexican Grill, according to data from the NPD Group.
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In fact, the NPD data shows the jump in sales despite the fact that the average price of these devices jumped up from $96 to $109, signaling that demand is increasing even as prices go up.
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NPD estimates that nearly 33 million fitness trackers were out there in the wild by the end of the fourth quarter of 2015 (though, not necessarily being worn —see earlier point), compared with 13 million smartwatches.
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According to data from The NPD Group, the U.S. toy industry grew 5.5 percent between January-November 2016 but in December sales grew 3 percent, bringing annual 2016 growth to about 5 percent at $20.4 billion.
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Andre Poggenburg, AfD head in the eastern state of Saxony Anhalt, shocked many Germans by sending messages in a WhatApp group of AfD members saying "Germany for the Germans", a slogan often used by the NPD.
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In the past 20173 months, so-called natural brands like Tata Harper and Jessica Alba's Honest Company products have made up about a quarter of all higher-end skin care sales, according to the NPD Group.
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Due to agreements with publishers, NPD does not publicly release hard sales numbers — but the rankings show that players are eager for new experiences — while they're not quite ready to let go of some old favorites.
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To be sure, overall unit sales may be better than the NPD and Gfk Chart-Track sell-through numbers as the data thus far only tracked physical game sales in retail stores not digital game sales.
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"This increase in consumption is being driven by consumers desire to eat foods that are 'natural' or what some call 'clean,'" said Kim McLynn, executive director of the NPD Group, a firm that analyzes market trends.
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In women's products, Nike "is growing in the low single digits, which means it is a long way away from where it wants to be," said Matt Powell, a sports industry analyst at the NPD Group.
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"It's all about learning who your supporter base is," said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst of the NPD Group and the author of "Why Customers Do What They Do," in an interview during the 2016 campaign.
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