60 percent The number of restaurant-goers who think that restaurants should post nutritional information on menus. 44% think the government should make it a requirement. Oddly, only 23% say they want to eat a healthy meal. Source: Mintel (full article here)
Tag Archive: Daily Number
Jun 29
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42 percent The number of Americans who rate the Internet as their most essential medium. This is compared to 37% who selected television, 14% who selected radio and 5% who selected newspaper. Source: Arbitron and Edison Research, by way of Quirk’s Marketing Research Review (full article here)
Jun 28
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41 percent The number of people who believe that Jesus Christ will return to Earth by the year 2050. 31% said that an asteroid will hit Earth by 2050. 46% believed China will become the dominant superpower. 58% predicted a new World War. Source: The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press (full …
Jun 27
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$21.47 Billion The retail sales of toys in the US in 2009. This is down from $21.65 billion in 2008. 69% of that spending was for children 8 and under. The top toys for 2009 included Bakugan, Barbie, Crayola, Star Wars and Transformers. Licensed toys made up 25% of all sales in 2009. Source: The …
Jun 26
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$55 Million The amount of money spent between February and April by consumers on 3D TV and 3D Blu-Ray products. Source: The NPD Group (full article here)