Smartphones top the holiday wish lists of Americans this year, according to a survey by Gazelle, an online marketplace for used electronic devices. The most wished-for devices this holiday season are: a Samsung Galaxy smartphone (requested by 23% of people who most want electronics as gifts), an Apple iPhone (22%), an Apple Watch (17%), an Apple iPad (16%) and a MacBook (14%), the survey found.
Day: November 9, 2018
The U.S. non-chocolate candy market, consisting of sugary and fruity candies such as licorice, gelatin-based gummies, and taffy, among others, is forecast to grow more than 2% a year from 2018 to 2023, according to researcher Packaged Facts. Concerns about sugar consumption among health-conscious shoppers has been a key challenge for the candy industry.
A majority of “Gen Food,” a cross-generational group of baby boomers, Generation X, millennials and Generation Z, sees food as an important part of their value and belief system, with 35% saying that food actually defines who they are and what they believe, according to a survey by public relations firm FleishmanHillard.
More than three fourths (78%) of consumers have taken action to address food issues important to them, with reducing food waste emerging as their top priority, the survey found.
More than 2 million smart-home products were sold on eBay this year as shoppers kept linking their homes to smartphones, according to research provided by the online bidding site. Read more…
More than half (57%) of consumers plan on shopping on a computer, 42% on a mobile device and 13% through a virtual assistant this holiday season, according to a Citi Retail Services survey. Read more…