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ASD Las Vegas Shows in March
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show that allows retail buyers to save time and money by attending a single show for all their
product needs. world
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More Time Spent Online
an hour a day also rose briskly, from 14 to
23 percent.
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here has been a sharp increase over
the past few years in the proportion
of people who spend a signifi cant By contrast, survey respondents with
amount of time online. According to a new annual household incomes of $75,000 or
Gallup poll, 48 percent of people spend more more, bucked the trend. Among them, 63
than an hour a day using the Internet. That is percent use the Internet more than an hour a
an increase from 43 percent a year ago, and day, down from 65 percent the previous year.
up from 33 percent in 2005. More surprising was a statistically signifi cant
In just the past year, there have been sig- downturn among college graduates, which
nifi cant increases in people using the Internet dropped from 56 to 51 percent.
more than an hour a day with annual house- There was also a notable gender gap in the
hold incomes of under $30,000. That has fi ndings: While the number of men using the
risen from 22 percent a year ago to a current Internet more than an hour a day rose from
32 percent. The number of unmarried people 44 to 53 percent, the number of women doing
spending more than an hour a day online has so was essentially fl at, 41 percent in 2007,
risen from 38 to 48 percent, and has gone compared with 42 percent in 2008.
from 50 to 62 percent among those between In the latest survey, 53 percent of employed
18 and 29. people said they used the Internet more than
For people with post graduate degrees, an hour a day, compared with 54 percent a
the increase has risen to a whopping 68 per- year ago. By contrast, non working people’s
cent, up from 56 percent a year ago. Though use of the Internet rose signifi cantly. Just 28
Americans aged 65 or older still lag behind percent used the Internet more than an hour
younger age cohorts in heavy Internet usage, a day last year, vs. 41 percent this year. world
the number saying they’re online more than
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