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Providing the home industry data, analytics, and expertise about:
Home Environment
Housewares
Kitchen Appliances
Personal Care
Economic pressures. Technological evolution. Consumers’ changing tastes. The home, housewares, and small appliance industries must make sense of it all — which is no small feat. To help you understand the market landscape and competitive environment, we provide the broadest and deepest view of the home industry based on best-in-class point-of-sale (POS) and consumer data.
We also offer analytic solutions such as new product forecasting, segmentation, price and promotion evaluation, market forecasting, and more. Our industry analysts leverage these unmatched data assets to provide data-driven perspective as you navigate the complexities of a changing market landscape. Our deep data, industry expertise, and prescriptive analytics are available for the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
Insights @npdretail
September 29, 2020
How Purchasing for the Home Has Changed: Implications for Holiday 2020 and Beyond
May 6, 2020
Rise in Sales of Traditionally Carb-Centric Cooking Appliances Exposes Disruptions in Behavior, Reports NPD
February 25, 2020
Consumers Are Accustomed to an Omnichannel Approach to Shopping And Want The Same From Home Improvement Stores, Reports NPD
DataCategories Tracked
Account Level Reports
Account Level Reports provide retailers and their approved vendors with one data set to guide business decision-making and improve results. Approved vendors can get visibility to enable a true retailer partnership to drive growth.
Learn More Contact usCheckout Omnichannel Tracking
Leveraging an omnichannel panel of 130,000 consumers, our Checkout service provides the total picture of what’s happening online and in stores and how that's changing over time.
Learn More Contact usRetail Tracking
Make the most informed business decisions with point-of-sale (POS) and direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales data to understand what home and houseware products sell across department stores, specialty stores, national chains, and the direct-to-consumer channel. Weekly data enables you to closely monitor performance faster to improve business results.
Learn More Contact usStore-Level Enabled Retail Tracking
Get a more meaningful read on where—and how fast—products are selling, based on sales volume instead of store count alone. With store-level data feeds directly from retailers, you can measure velocity to monitor sales by retailer, region, or territory.
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Checkout Buyer Analytics
Buyer Analytics provide self-service Essentials or advanced solutions, so you can see online, in-store, and omnichannel opportunities. Dig deeper into your most valuable customer, brand loyalty, brand leakage/lift, and brand launches.
Learn More Contact usPrice & Promotion Management
Measure the effectiveness of past promotions and simulate the impact of future promotional, discount, and base price changes.
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Whether you are looking to define your customer segments or refine them, we offer a deep look into purchasing trends by segment.
Learn More Contact usThe Future of Home
To make the most informed decisions you need to know how the market will perform, which consumer segments will drive growth, and how shopping will shift across channels. The Future of Series guides your strategy with sales forecasts and forward-looking industry insights. Covers 140+ product categories including forecasts of supercategories with COVID-19 impacts.
Learn More Contact usReports
Eating Patterns in America, Annual Report
No other source tells you more about what Americans eat and drink… and how they think. Eating Patterns in America is your playbook to understand the future outlook for total food and beverage consumption, how the COVID-19 disruption has reshaped the foodservice landscape as well as eating behaviors, what’s in American’s pantry, the outlook for plant-based eating and more.
Learn More Contact usInternet of Things
Our two-part IoT Connected Report focuses on specific rooms in the smart home. Get detail on connected device growth trends and product attributes over three years, plus analyst commentary. This report also reveals top-five brand performance for products typically used in those rooms.
Learn More Contact usHome Trends Electric Floor Care Report
The Home Trends Electric Floor Care Report is now available and explores the relationship between upright and stick vacuums, how robotic vacuums are affecting consumer’s cleaning behavior, the impact of direct-to-consumer sales, and more.
Learn More Contact usSmall Domestic Appliance Trends
Understand emerging small appliance industry trends and opportunities. Identify which products should be part of your retail assortment. Discover exactly what triggers consumers' purchases. Find new ways to engage with consumers.
Contact usHome Trends Report Series
This series of reports provide a comprehensive overview of what is happening in the home industry and what to expect in the future. Each report will focus on a different category to help you explore the latest trends and formulate effective product development, marketing, and sales strategies.
Industry Expertise
"The consumer still has their focus on in-home activities, and we know what their top priorities are, which spells opportunity. The challenge our industry faces is providing the consumer with something fresh to address their fundamental needs and desires."
Joe Derochowski
Vice President, Industry Advisor
Our Customers
"NPD’s Checkout data has been instrumental in SodaStream’s effort to transition to a fact-based selling organization. Utilizing NPD’s Checkout data has allowed us to better understand buyer demographics, spending behavior, channel interaction and retailer leakage. More importantly, our teams are using this information to identify opportunities and implement new programs with our retail partners. The NPD Checkout team has been a true partner in tailoring the data to our specific business needs and calling out meaningful, action-oriented insights."
Vice President of Sales, SodaStream US
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