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Electronic Arts Giving Zynga A Run For Their Money
Not only did overall U.S. retail toy sales fall last year, video games fared no better. According to an NPD Group study, video game sales for the year fell 8% to $17 billion. In December 2011 alone, sales of U.S. retail video game fell 21% over the year to $3.99 billion. The decline was attributed
Leapfrog’s Toy Tablet Scores Successful Turnaround
According to a recently released toy industry report by NPD Research, U.S. retail sales of toys fell 2% over the year to $21.18. During the holiday season, the 5% increase in prices of toys helped compensate for the 7% decline in the volume of toy sales. Overall, for the quarter, dollar value of toy sales
Zynga Diversifying Revenue Streams
Market research firm eMarketer projects that 62 million people, nearly a quarter of the U.S. Internet-using population, will become social gamers by the end of this year. The social gaming population is expected to grow to 73 million by 2013. Virtual goods transactions are expected to remain the leading source of revenue for social game developers.
Athenahealth Growing On All Fronts
According to researcher Millenium Research Group, EHR software market will grow 12% annually over the years through 2016 to $8.3 billion. An IDC report titled IDC MarketScape: U.S. Ambulatory EMR/EHR for Midsize and Large Practices 2011 Vendor Assessment claims that the ambulatory EHR market will see significant growth over the next few years, with adoption rates
Online Real Estate Sector Improving
Analysts believe that the housing market may have finally bottomed out last year. According to real estate research firms, 2011 home prices fell 2.1% over the year. Researchers believe that during the current year, the housing market will see growth of 0.2% across all markets. Another report estimates growth to continue into 2013, when home prices
Robust Results From Genpact, Cognizant
According to a recent report by Gartner on global IT spending, worldwide IT spending is projected to grow 3.7% in 2012 to $3.8 trillion. Earlier estimates had pegged the year’s growth at 4.6%. Revenues from IT services are expected to grow at a comparatively slower pace of 3.1% to $874 billion. Gartner expects the Eurozone crisis to
LinkedIn Executing Steadily
According to a recent report, Talent Acquisition Factbook 2011: Benchmarks and Trends of Spending, Staffing and Key Talent Metrics, worldwide spending on recruiting software, services, staff, content, and consulting is estimated to be over $130 billion. The improving U.S. job market will also help spur growth in recruiting. Recently listed LinkedIn is working hard to
Groupon After IPO
According to Daily Deal Media, the daily deals market has become volatile. The report reveals that worldwide, nearly 800 daily deal sites shut down in the second half of 2011. The total included 1,348 sites in Asia alone. But there was growth in the European and Latin American markets, where there were 235 and 324