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July 10, 2012
Survey: Mobile payment use more doubles in a year

Mobile payments have more than doubled in popularity reaching over 33% of survey respondents, according to IDC Financial Insights’ eighth annual Consumer Payments Survey.

Framingham, Mass. -- Mobile payments have more than doubled in popularity reaching over 33% of survey respondents, according to IDC Financial Insights’ eighth annual Consumer Payments Survey.

The new report, “Business Strategy: Results from the 2012 Consumer Payments Survey,” found that those that of whose had made a mobile payment, more than half used PayPal Mobile (56%), with Amazon Payments and Apple's iTunes service statistically tied at about 40%. 

June 7, 2011
Survey: 65% of consumers have left store due to poor service

Americans are frustrated with the state of customer service, according to a new survey by Consumer Reports magazine.

Yonkers, N.Y. -- Americans are frustrated with the state of customer service, according to a new survey by Consumer Reports magazine. In the survey, 65% of the respondents said they are "tremendously annoyed" by rude salespeople and 64% said that they had left a store in the previous 12 months because of poor service.

Consumer Reports also found that 71% of survey respondents were extremely irritated when they couldn't reach a human on the phone.

May 31, 2011
Mom’s Organic Market opens in Baltimore area

Mom’s Organic Market has opened its seventh store, in Timonium, Md.

New York City -- Mom’s Organic Market has opened its seventh store, in Timonium, Md. Along with featuring 100%-certified organic produce, and organic and natural grocery products, the new Mom’s was built with the environment in mind.

"We believe that we are the most environmentally-responsible grocery chain in the country," said Scott Nash, who founded Mom's in 1987 with a $100 investment, in a report in The Gourmet Retailer.

January 21, 2011
Survey: Tenants upbeat about 2011

A survey released Friday by Levin Management Corp. said that he majority of shopping center tenants are optimistic about the year ahead.

North Plainfield, N.J. -- A survey released Friday by Levin Management Corp. said that he majority of shopping center tenants are optimistic about the year ahead.

According to the real estate firm’s pre- and post-holiday survey of Northeastern retailers, 61.5% of respondents were positive about 2011, and 52.2% of respondents said holiday sales topped or equaled 2009

August 17, 2010
Survey: Parents delay back-to-school spending and budgeting

A poll released Wednesday by Chase Card Services found that 55% of families have yet...

May 31, 2010
Survey: Online Father’s Day spending expected to be conservative

A report released Tuesday by PriceGrabber.com and its parent company Experian found that online gift...

May 25, 2010
Survey: 92% of retailers plan to increase openings

A survey of U.S. retailers conducted by Los Angeles-based CB Richard Ellis, the world’s biggest...

November 8, 2007
More Consumers Expected to Shop on Black Friday

St. Louis, Arecent...