BrightLine's recently released study by Jacqueline Corbelli, Chief Executive Officer, and Robert Aksman, Analyst, comprised of analysis of industry and market research, reveals that interactive commercials and sponsored program enhancements are becoming integral to marketers' media planning. The study examines the degree to which consumer interest and technology deployments are influencing the pace of change.

According to the latest Retail Ratings Report from BIGresearch, when purchasing electronics, an increasing number of consumers are less concerned about where they shop than they are with finding value. In the September 2003 Retail Ratings Report, consumers were asked "where do you shop most often for electronics?" Of those surveyed, 22.2 percent said they had "no preference." That number is up from 13.7 percent in Sept. 2002.

Greeting cards on the Internet only add up to less than a tenth of the mail and messaging sites' activity in the second week of September.

The MediaAudit/ International Demographics, Inc recently released a study based on the results of the question "Do you expect to be better off six months from now?" The study concludes, says Bob Jordan, co-chairman of International Demographics, that "It's become apparent over the years that the answer to this question is influenced by factors other than area economics or even individual financial prospects."

From a recent release by In-Stat/MDR, eMarketer reports that 18.2 million camera phones were shipped worldwide in 2002, and 7.8 million in the first quarter of this year.

According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), total holiday retail sales are projected to grow by 5.7 percent over last holiday, bringing holiday spending to $217.4 billion. After more than a year of constant challenges, the retail industry is beginning to show strength, the announcement said. NRF "holiday retail sales" are sales in November and December for retail stores in the GAFS categories.

Selected top Internet sites for the first week in September, and top Internet radio streamers in August

Christmas spending will be up according to the NRF, consumer confidence in the economy falls according to the Gallup Poll, but at the same time, most economic forecasters are talking about the economy having its best performance since 1999 during the last half of this year.

Mac McIntosh, publisher of Sales Lead Report, released the results of a survey of more than 3,900 senior marketing and sales professionals that showed that both departments are anticipating increased budgets in 2004 compared to 2003.

In a recent release by Horowitz Associates/Livingston and Company of Digital Rights Management, one of the topics covered in High Speed Data: Challenges and Opportunities shows that 47% of current broadband subscribers say that being restricted from using their computer as a server to distribute files to others would have a negative impact on their overall perception of HSD, and 41% say their perception would be negatively impacted if they were restricted from exceeding 30 gigabytes of total files downloaded in a month