Digital Search Results prior to Shopper Marketing - Despite the continued growth of digital media, shopper marketing projects as the fastest-growing area of marketing investment for packaged-goods marketers over the next three years, according to a study released today by Booz & Co. for the Grocery Manufacturers of America.

The report found 62% of shoppers search for deals digitally before at least half of their shopping trips. At the same time, digital and shopper marketing increasingly are converging, according to the report, which found 62% of shoppers search for deals digitally before at least half of their shopping trips.

U.S. Teen Mobile Report: Calling Yesterday, Texting Today, Using Apps Tomorrow.

If it seems like American teens are texting all the time, it’s probably because on average they’re sending or receiving 3,339 texts a month. That’s more than six per every hour they’re awake an 8% jump from last year. Using recent data from monthly cell phone bills of more than 60,000 mobile subscribers as well as survey data from over 3,000 teens, The Nielsen Company analyzed mobile usage data among teens in the United States for the second quarter of 2010 (April 2010 – June 2010). No one texts more than teens (age 13-17), especially teen females, who send and receive an average of 4,050 texts per month. Teen males also outpace other male age groups, sending and receiving an average of 2,539 texts. Young adults (age 18-24) come in a distant second, exchanging 1,630 texts per month (a comparatively meager three texts per hour).