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E.J. Schultz

Stat of the Day: Where People Buy Their Beer

Expensive Brands Appear to be Leading Industry Growth

The most-repeated catchphrase for booze marketers these days is "premiumization," which is another way to say that expensive brands are leading growth.

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Matt Carmichael

FlowingData's Nathan Yau: The AdAgeStat Q&A

The Importance of Visualization and Getting Inside Readers' Heads

Part inspiration and part hands-on tutorial, the FlowingData blog is required reading for anyone into data visualization. Its author, Nathan Yau, sat down with us for a (virtual) Q&A.

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Matt Carmichael

Stat of the Day: Which NFL Teams Draw the Best Playoff Ratings?

Also, Which Markets Tune in After Their Teams Are Eliminated

Here's an exclusive look at which NFL teams draw the best playoff ratings with a bonus list of markets that tune in even after their team is knocked out.

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Peter Francese

Millennials May Yet Save Our Economic Bacon

But If Economic Growth Is Going to Pick up, We Need Them to Start Acting More Like Boomers

If our nation's exceedingly slow economic growth is ever going to pick up, we need these millennials to start acting like, well, baby boomers.

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Matt Carmichael

Stat of the Day: Mobile Phones Overtake PCs

More Consumers in Key Global Markets Have Internet-Capable Mobile Devices Than Computers

New data from Google finds that more consumers in key global markets now have an internet-capable mobile device than have a desktop or laptop computer.

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Matt Carmichael

Stat of the Day: 83% Want Brands to Support Causes

Sponsorship and Cause Marketing Projected to Grow in 2012

Cause marketing is a small but growing slice of the sponsorship pie, which is largely dominated by sports-related sponsorship. IEG, a Chicago firm that helps brands and organizations find the right sponsorship partners, projects sponsorship spending will slow its growth, but still rise 4.9% in 2012.

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Matt Carmichael

Stat of the Day: TV Usage in Emerging Markets

Jana.com Data Shows Some Countries Have Large Populations Who Claim to Watch Little or No Programming

How do emerging markets use or not use traditional media? Data from Jana.com shows that some countries have high population percentages who claim to watch little or no TV.

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Stephen Kraus

Affluency: Three Trends to Watch for 2012

Affluency: In this month's column, Ipsos Mendelsohn looks at the data it has collected about affluent's shopping patterns throughout the year, and distills it into three key takeaways to help marketers prepare for 2012 and beyond.

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Matt Carmichael

Book of Tens: Stats That Mattered for Media and Marketing in 2011

Ok, So We Can't Count in AdAgeStat-land. Here Are 14 of Our Favorites

This was meant to be a Book of Tens post for this week's issue, but since we in AdAgeStat-land are apparently numbers challenged -- oh, the irony -- and submitted 14 items, we got disqualified. It's your gain, however, as you get all 14 stats that mattered most in 2011.

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Ricardo Poupada

What's the Deal for Guys? It's All About the Bragging Rights.

Askmen.com Says Daily Deal Sites Need to Man-up

Men have been doing their own shopping for some time now, and guys like saving money as much as anyone. Yet men's relationship with coupons and deals remains ambiguous and largely unexplored. Until now.

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