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		<title><![CDATA[Which Companies Will Win The Battle For The E-Book Consumer]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ We&#8217;ve been writing a lot about e-reader devices, but let&#8217;s focus on the content for a moment. Why? Because selling a lifetime of e-book content to consumers is the end game of many companies in this space, especially Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) and Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS). The sky&#8217;s...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:05:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Solicit Advice From Your 'Super Consumers']]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=4682]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA["Super consumers" are the 10 percent of customers that produce 50 percent of your profit. Understanding their passion can help you increase sales across all your customers. by Sean Silverthorne]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:24:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Auto Sales Pick Up, But Consumers Still Worry About Jobs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may not feel like it, because consumers are still worried about jobs, but U.S. auto sales continued to creep out of the cellar in November. Chrysler still lags Ford and General Motors. by Jim Henry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:46:35 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ten Predictions For The E-Book Market In 2010]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpaidcontent.org%2Farticle%2F419-ten-predictions-for-the-e-book-market-in-2010%2F&siteid=23&tag=contentnext]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ This has been a breakout year for e-readers and e-books&#8212;device sales will have more than tripled by the end of this year, and content sales are up 176% for the year. But next year will be anything but boring. Here are Forrester&#8217;s predictions for 2010:1.	E Ink will lose its...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:05:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Early Holiday Sales Disappoint Investors]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brad DorfmanCHICAGO (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Investors took a dim view of early holiday season sales on Monday, with shares of Best Buy BBY, Amazon AMZN and American Eagle Outfitters AEO among the few positive performers on hopes they were gaining a larger share of consumer spending.Overall, the Standard & Poor's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:15:27 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Holiday Shopping 2009: 5 Things You Need to Know This Year]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a grim holiday season in 2008, retailers have regrouped and changed  their tactics. Inventories are tighter, and stores are trying to maintain profits by limiting their discounting strategies. But understanding what retailers are up to will give you a decided advantage this year. Here are five big trends...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Paid Vs. Free Content Brawl Alienates Consumers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The simmering debate over pay versus free digital content that has media companies at each others' throats comes down to one thing: convincing consumers to pick up the tab.  But 80 percent of consumers recently surveyed by Forrester Research say they would rather not, creating a new quandry for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:53:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[One Size Doesn't Fit All: Consumers Want Choice On Pricing, Delivery Of Content]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpaidcontent.org%2Farticle%2F419-one-size-doesnt-fit-all-consumers-want-choice-on-pricing-delivery-of-co%2F&siteid=23&tag=contentnext]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ In the past year, we&#8217;ve seen a palpable shift from newspaper and magazine publishers with regard to paid content&#8212;while they still don&#8217;t know how to make paid content work, they know they want to try. A recent report from the American Press Institute underscores this trend: The API reports...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:05:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Music Business Lacks A Mass-Market Strategy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ What is interesting in the current scramble for the killer online-music business model is that there is an implicit assumption that the only place people would want to go from the CD is online or mobile. The iPod heralded a new paradigm in music consumption, but it has done...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:56:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Which Do Consumers Fear More: Losing Money or Regretting Bad Choices?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/mba/?p=1373]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[For a long time, marketers have assumed that when consumers fail to gamble on a new product or service, it's because of their fears of loss. However, research from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University finds this may not be the whole story. by Stacy Blackman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:00:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When Consumers Don't Want You to Go Green]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/intercom/?p=3158]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever decided not to purchase something green because you were skeptical that it wouldn't work as well as the traditional option? by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:39:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dull Thanksgiving Another Signal of Consumer Retrenchment]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/10004465/dull-thanksgiving-another-signal-of-consumer-retrenchment/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe consumers are just feeling less thankful but, even if family and dining at home have gotten a boost from the recession, Turkey Day hasnâ€™t. Concerns about the economy may lead to belt tightening rather than the belt loosening for Thanksgiving.    The September version of the First...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:00:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Did We All Suddenly Lose Our Consumer Mojo Last Month?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/retirement-planning/blog/real-time-money/did-we-all-suddenly-lose-our-consumer-mojo-last-month/121/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[After rising for more than a year, U.S. consumers' confidence unexpectedly turned lower in September, according to a Reuters/University of Michigan report released today. The question is: Why did we suddenly lose our mojo?    Just as countless factors affect stock-market moves vs. the singular causes the financial...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:33:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Credit Scarred Consumers Want Faster Reform]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/devil-details/credit-scarred-consumers-want-faster-reform/817/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Consumers, who continue to be battered by hiked rates, lowered credit limits and new fees, say they want credit card reform to start now. by Kathy Kristof]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:34:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TheFind.com Give Bargain Hunters More Options Online]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/10004422/thefindcom-give-bargain-hunters-more-options-online/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Driven by the recession, retailer opportunism and an increasing sophistication among consumers about the potential the Internet has to make purchasing easier and less costly, online shopping has become a hot bed in recent months with new and updated coupon, review and specialty product services launching across the web, yet...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:05:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Counterfeit Coins Cost Consumers Millions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/devil-details/counterfeit-coins-cost-consumers-millions/768/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Beware buying rare coins online and at swap meets. Consumers are spending millions on what they believe are rare gold and silver coins, when they're actually getting mass-produced Chinese fakes. by Kathy Kristof]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:45:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Consumer Confidence Remains Wobbly but Layoff Fears Decline]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/10004374/consumer-confidence-remains-wobbly-but-layoff-fears-decline/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the BIGresearch monthly Executive Briefing consumer study, confidence in the economy remains historically low a year after the financial tumble that followed the collapse of Lehman Bros.  Consumers feel a little better than they did last October. This year, just over 30 percent said they felt confident...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:29:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Frugality Is Settling In, Nielsen Contends]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/10004362/new-frugality-is-settling-in-nielsen-contends/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Weâ€™ve heard a lot about the New Frugality lately, but is it fact, myth or hype?    Walmartâ€™s Mike Duke helped establish the idea that the American consumer would be fundamentally changed by experiences in the recession, and he posited a state, referred to as the â€œnew normal,â€...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:42:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Online Consumers Say: Don't Know Me, Don't Charge Me]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/media/10004384/online-consumers-say-dont-know-me-dont-charge-me/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[News that two-thirds of Americans object to advertisers tracking their online movements -- even if it is to provide more relevant product and service information - could jeopardize the use of target marketing to underwrite content costs. The result could be consumers paying for more of what they want. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:07:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tense Consumers Ready to Lighten Up as Recession Dissipates]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/10004184/tense-consumers-ready-to-lighten-up-as-recession-dissipates/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The recession is hitting consumers all over the world, and market researcher Mintel has been doing an ongoing analysis of those effects, rendering them as five major trends that will continue to impact why, how and where consumers shop. Some are worrisome, but some reflect a desire for greater normalcy,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:40:52 -0700</pubDate>
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