WSJ
Book Retail Market Share
Borders had an estimated 8.1% of retail sales of new printed books in 2010, compared to 22.5% for Amazon.com Inc., and 17.3% for Barnes & Noble, according to estimates from the Institute for Publishing Research, run by Fordham University Prof. Albert N. Greco.
via Borders Wants Suppliers to Accept Longer-Term IOUs – WSJ.com.
What go my attention in the section above is that Barnes and Noble is only 5.2% behind Amazon.com in market share for new printed books. Would have thought Amazon would have 30-40% market share and hacve a significant lead over other retailers.
Job Postings Surge as Economy Warms – WSJ.com
It said the number of U.S. job postings on the Internet rose to 4.7 million on Dec. 1, up from 2.7 million a year earlier. The company daily collects listings from corporate and job-posting websites, removing duplicates.
Job postings on Indeed were up 74.07% from December 2009 to December 2010.
Lots of interesting data in the story. Add it to your suggested reading.
Calculations:
4.7 million – 2.7 million = +2 million
2 million / 2.7 million = 74.07%
D.L. Damore 