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  1. India, the 3rd most brand-conscious country spent $2bn on lux goods last year while the number of billionaires has doubled. #boomtimeindia
  2. 49% of web users feel that online communication is more convenient than face-to-face (acc to Euro RSCG)
  3. 48% of UK consumers would be willing to pay for online news content (acc to the Boston Consulting Group)
  4. 10 yrs ago, e retail worth appx £1bn, accting for 0.5% of retail spend. Today - worth >£20bn,7.3% of purchases are online. (acc to Verdict)
  5. 41% of UK consumers believe that time-saving products are increasingly important in their lives (acc to Datamonitor) #timepoor
  6. Eastern-shift: Luxury sales in China are expected to grow by 12% this year (acc to Bain & Co.) #luxury #china
  7. Shoppers in UK, Germany, France can save up to 17% by buying consumer electronics, dvds + clothes online rather than in-store (acc to OECD)
  8. Luxury BRICars: Auto sales in China,India and Brazil all showed healthy growth (81%, 56% and over 50% respectively) in first 10months of 09.
  9. H2woah : by 2014, Brits will be consuming 2.5bn litres of bottled water a year, a return to 2007 levels (acc to Mintel)
  10. Splashing it: sales of fragrances priced over US $100 have risen by 8% over the first eight months of this year (acc NPD Group) #bandf
  11. US craft/artisan beer drinkers are 105% more likely to drive hybrid cars (acc to Mindset Media)
  12. @RevLifeandStyle and @LuxuryForum - thanks for the Mexico retweets. Wish we there too!
  13. Alcopops have suffered due to assoc w underage drinking; 286m litres sold in 2004, only 90m litres will be sold this year -70% (acc Mintel)
  14. The average mobile user is responsible for around 25kg of carbon dioxide emissions per year (acc to Juniper research)
  15. @NJ_Daddy Felt the quote was worth mentioning as there are many retailers still operating without online, despite what we all know(!)
  16. Get online or risk decline: 'Retailers without online will fall by the wayside' says Tim Harrison of John Lewis. #onlineretail
  17. Congratulations to @bitecomms on their PRCA award this week: http://bit.ly/2shWwC
  18. @Dan_Martin I have passed your piece on to one of the authors of the report and will let you know what they have to say. Thanks.
  19. FT article on 'lipstick entrepreneurs' cites The Future Laboratory's report for Avon http://bit.ly/4GoxG8 #women #work #womenomics
  20. Future Lab's report on Lipstick Entrepreneurs in the FT, Grazia and Jezebel.com. http://tinyurl.com/yjnm595 #lipstick #entrepreneur