More than a third of frequent travelers (34%) do research on seat width and legroom using websites such as SeatGuru.com prior to booking flights, according to Airbus.
Author: Joel Whitaker
Joel Whitaker is publisher of Research Alert.
Most Online Videos Are Watched on Computers
5/3/2013
Online videos are most likely to be watched via computer (89.6% of all videos started), according to Adobe Systems. Tablets account for 6.5% of videos started, and smartphones for 3.9%. Although mobiles’ share of online video viewing remains
Nine in 10 Households With Children Have Yards
5/3/2013
Nearly nine in 10 Americans (88%) have a yard or other form of outdoor landscape at their homes; 94% of people with children have yards or landscapes, according to Planet, the national trade association for the landscaping industry. More tha
Most Online Videos Are Watched on Computers
5/3/2013
Support for gay marriage rights has increased more than for any other public policy issue in the past decade, according to the Pew Research Center. The number of Americans who support gay marriage rights increased 48% between 2003 and 201
Majority of U.S. Hispanics Are Catholic
5/3/2013
The majority of U.S. Hispanics are Catholic, although this proportion is shifting, according to Gallup. Catholics make up 54% of the U.S. Hispanic population, down from 58% in 2008. Protestants’ share of the Hispanic population has stayed co
Teens’ Favorite Way to Watch Movies Is in IMAX Theaters
5/3/2013
Teens prefer to watch movies in IMAX or in traditional 2-D in theaters over watching them in 3-D in theaters or in any format at home, according to Piper Jaffray. When they rent movies to watch at home, they’re most likely to use digital str
Workers Waste Time on Email
5/3/2013
U.S. workers say co-workers are their biggest distraction at work, but nearly eight in 10 (79%) admit to wasting time checking emails, according to a Jive Software survey of full-time, part-time, and self-employed workers. Working Americans
Majority of Consumers Stop Buying After Bad Customer Service
5/3/2013
More than half of consumers (52%) have stopped buying from a company after having a bad customer service experience, according to a Dimensional Research study for Zendesk. Nearly all respondents (95%) have had a good customer service expe
Americans Consider the Environment When Shopping
5/3/2013
Seven in 10 Americans (71%) factor in environmental concerns when making purchase decisions at least some of the time, but only 27% always or regularly do so, according to Cone Communications. The majority of consumers (63%) are confident th
Most Consumers Will Participate in Focus Groups-For a Price
5/3/2013
Almost nine in 10 U.S. consumers (87%) would agree to participate in a two-hour focus group for a $100 reward, according to Parago. The national average reward for participating in a focus group is less than half that, however: $23.78 per