5/1/2013
Families expect to spend an average $578 on graduation parties for their high school and college students, down from the $983 they spent on graduates in 2010, according to party planning website GraduationParty.com. The average party takes p
5/1/13
Kate Spade sees “enormous potential” in home décor, beauty, intimate apparel, children’s apparel, swimwear, luggage, and active wear. These new license categories are expected to launch and begin generating sales in 2013-2016, with “
5/1/2013
Boys ages 7-14 say baseball is their favorite sport to play, while girls prefer to play soccer, according to Nickelodeon Kaleidoscope.
Children, on average, participate in two to three organized sports each year. By age 14, they t
5/1/13
Women’s opinions over whether stay-at-home or working moms are better mothers depends not so much on their own employment status as on whether their mother held jobs during their childhood, according to More magazine.
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5/1/2013
Teens ages 12-17 in the U.S., Poland, Germany, and the U.K. express more favorable attitudes toward traditional and print advertisements than they do to digital ads, according to Research Now and K&A Brand Research. Half of American,
5/1/13
Vendor problems are the most frequent cause of wedding-day mishaps based on couples who file insurance claims, according to the Travelers Companies. Nearly one in four (24%) insurance claims related to weddings result from vendor problems, whi
5/1/2013
The number of college applicants reporting “high” or “very high” levels of stress remains at 69% in 2012, the same percentage as in 2011, according to the Princeton Review. Likewise, applicants’ reasoning when choosing schools to apply to re
5/1/13
Women tell fewer lies in an average year than men (728 vs. 1,092), according to Men’s Health magazine. Women are most likely to lie about their weight; men lie about their height. Two in 10 women (21%) post online pictures of themselv
5/1/2013
Restaurant guests place higher importance on midscale restaurants, such as the Olive Garden and Ruby Tuesday’s, having more variety on their kids’ menus than they do on quick-service chains, according to Technomic. Across the board, kids’
5/1/13
Shoppers are just as likely to visit a website for a drugstore as they are for a grocery retailer, according to The Integer Group and M/A/R/C Research. Grocery shoppers are more likely than club or mass market shoppers to sign up for offers on