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Oilcan. Beverage packagers: It's time to think small - 2012-10-10 16:01:21. Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Editor -- Packaging Digest, 10/10/2012 12:01:21 PM As 2013 planning season draws near, businesses will again intensely think about what consumers might want and need. Competition will continue to intensify and we will all continue to look for uncontested market spaces where we can add value. These spaces are increasingly hard to find, yet the emerging small household demographic represents such a space. Our market rules are undergoing great change and will be altered by a new dominant and growing demographic. That's because it isn't easy to embrace a new, and very different, reality. Infographic courtesy of Tetra Pak For beverage manufacturers, this signifies a sea change: it's time to think small. . • The median size of new single-family homes dropped consistently from a peak of 2,268 square feet in 2006 to an even 2,100 in 2009, notes the National Assn. of Home Builders (NAHB)

. • For many, the Millennials are the most inexplicable. Source: Tetra Pak Talkback. I still have a soul" | Amazing Boxing Commercial" Sponsorships : MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA. Browse > Home / Archive by category 'sponsorships' Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at Pacquiao-Bradley II taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Pacquiao ousts Bradley It was even until the middle rounds when Timothy Bradley began to fade and Manny Pacquiao poured it on.

Pacquiao now faces the winner of Juan Manuel Marquez-Mike Alvarado on May 17th. Even though Pacquiao should face the JMM-Alvarado winner, the LA Times is reporting that the Pacquiao camp is lobbying for a shot at Mayweather. Attendance Top Rank reported a sell out for the MGM Grand Garden Arena with 15,601 in attendance. On Tuesday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission announced 14,099 tickets were sold for a total gate of $7.9 million. According to NSAC the #PacBradley fight sold 14,099 and a gate of $7.8 million. The gate was approximately $7,865,100 which is the lowest in years for Pacquiao. Payouts The undercard payouts are as follows via Bad Left Hook: Sponsorships. Fox Sells Out Its Sixth UFC Event as Record Number of Clients Come Aboard.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has gone mainstream, and the proof is in the ad inventory. On the eve of Fox’s sixth live UFC showcase, the network is completely sold out for the duration of its two-hour broadcast. And according to Peter Vesey, vp, ad sales, Fox Sports Media Group, the broadcaster has literally doubled down on advertising partners, now boasting 16 national clients for Saturday night’s UFC card. UFC newcomers include representatives from key categories, including beverages (Coca-Cola), insurance (Geico), automotive (Chrysler) and telecom/media (DirecTV).

Sprint is a last-minute entry, committing to an in-fight unit on Thursday night. Among the returning sponsors is Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Bud Light, which has a multiyear contract in place with Fox. The most recent UFC on Fox broadcast, which featured six undercard and four main card bouts, delivered 4.4 million viewers on Dec. 8. Another UFC first timer, Harley-Davidson, is the mat sponsor for the special reprise of TUF.

Home. World War II Posters: Search Results, Northwestern University Library. Restrictions. Smartphone sales and statistics. By Mark Brownlow, October 2012 (first published June 2010) inShare90 Jump to: Smartphone stats Recent sales stats (global): IDC say 153.9 million smartphones sold worldwide in Q2 2012. Total 2011 sales were 491.4 million units. Gartner estimate sales of smartphones in the same period at some 153.8 million. Recent sales stats (US and Canada): Nielsen report that 54.9% of US mobile phone owners have a smartphone as of Q2 2012. comScore estimate that smartphone ownership in the US reached 110 million users by May 2012 (3-month average).

Recent sales stats (UK and mainland Europe): IDC say 27.4 million smartphones sold in Western Europe in Q2 2012. Sales predictions: The Financial Times cites a JPMorgan prediction that 657 million smartphones will leave stores in 2012. Smartphone operating systems IDC looked at global smartphone shipments in Q2 2012, placing Android well out in front in terms of operating system share: Source: IDC Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, August 8, 2012. U.S. Consumer Spending on Online Deals to Reach $3.6B in 2012 | BIA/Kelsey Press Release.

Press Release BIA/Kelsey Forecasts U.S. Consumer Spending on Online Deals to Reach $3.6B in 2012 Twenty-six percent of local businesses say they are 'very' or 'extremely' likely to participate in an online deal in the next six months. CHANTILLY, Va. (Sept. 17, 2012) – BIA/Kelsey, advisor to companies in the local media industry, forecasts U.S. consumer spending on online deals (including daily deals, instant deals and flash sales) to reach $3.6 billion in 2012, an increase of 86.9 percent over 2011. BIA/Kelsey projects 23 percent growth in deals spending in 2013, followed by mid-single-digit growth in later years. This translates into deals spending climbing to $5.5 billion in 2016. “After astronomical growth in 2012, the online deals marketplace is showing signs of maturity,” said Peter Krasilovsky, vice president and program director, BIA/Kelsey.

Going forward, BIA/Kelsey envisions online deals will become an anchor for a platform of non-advertising small-business services.