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Denim trends for fall 2019 feature Seventies-style looks with a strong focus on sustainability.

The over-the-top market is exploding, and the Entertainment Merchants Association this year at its annual Los Angeles conference gave it a starring role.

According to new research from The NPD Group, lavender-based beauty products in the UK have seen an astounding increase in sales – 552% between January and April this year. 

At the OTT_X conference in Los Angeles, there was data aplenty showing the business of online video is healthy and growing. Here are four points shared during the day, illustrating why the future is bright for FAST services, small SVOD providers, Netflix survival without licensing tentpole TV, and AVOD’s success without originals.

Amazon Prime Day has begun and over 1 million deals are being offered by the retail giant on its website. 

Certain home categories have yet to be maximized, according to NPD analysts

More than two-thirds of Amazon Prime members plan to shop Amazon during the Prime Day shopping event on July 15 and 16, 2019, according to new insights from The NPD Group's Checkout receipt mining service.

It’s nearly here, Prime Day 2019. On July 15, millions of people will furiously search and click on a barrage of items at reduced prices. This annual sale has breathed new life into the notion of Christmas in July and given rise to a great summer sale event.

As Amazon gears up for Prime Day next week, NPD Group looked at consumers most likely to participate.

The NPD Group examines why IP owners need to get with the new streaming timelines, or risk missing big licensing opportunities.

Smartwatches overtook traditional watch sales in the holiday quarter of 2018, but the industry’s hope that Apple Watch customers today will be Swiss watch wearers in the future may be coming true, according to research by retail analyst The NPD Group.

One of the best attended events at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market is historically NPD’s “trend breakfast,” and it’s not because of the grub. Matt Powell, senior industry advisor and Julia Day, executive director, will serve up a heaping plate of data-based recommendations on how outdoor brands and retailers can survive and thrive in the coming year and beyond. NPD released a sneak peak of the key themes for this year’s breakfast.

If you take timekeeping wristwear as a whole, the American market grew by a healthy 13% in 2018. But the picture is complicated by the rise of smartwatches, which are grabbing market share from traditional watch brands at similar sub-$500 price points. 

Millennials are known for dumping traditional household products such as paper napkins and canned tuna. But for now, irons are still staples in most homes, even if they are gathering dust on a shelf.

The handbag market has continued to lag in the first quarter of 2019, according to a study published by the NPD Group today.

Levi Strauss goes public as big changes are underway with its next closest U.S. competitors: VF Corp plans to spin off its jeanswear business and Gap is planning to separate into two publicly traded companies.

The retailer is set to launch lingerie and sleepwear brands next month, challenging Amazon and other giants

Fashion brands are embracing a more inclusive standard of beauty, and women who used to be customers are now part of the changing face of the industry.

NPD’s Joe Derochowski offers retailers tips on how they can promote key housewares segments as money-saving investments for consumers.

Reginald Brack joined NPD at the beginning of 2018 with a mandate to turn point of sale information from thousands of retailers and ecommerce businesses into data that not only paints a picture of the past and present, but also provides pointers to future trends that businesses can use to make better buying decisions.

NPD’s Joe Derochowski discusses the steps retailers can take to further evolve and continue to grow housewares sales in 2019.

The clock is ticking. The Internet, once thought of as a back-alley resource for luxury mechanical timepieces, now has a mix of e-commerce players leading a new charge, with watch brands taking notice.

Michael Dart welcomes Don Unser, Retail Group President of NPD Group and Marshal Cohen, Chief Industry Advisor of the NPD Group to discuss the current state of retail after this holiday season, and political climate.

We never thought we'd say this, but fanny packs are back! And this time, they mean business.