Posts Tagged ‘ Simmons ’

Tax Towns: You might do your taxes online if you live here

Where you call home may have an impact on how you prepare your taxes, and not just because of the state tax code. Differences abound in the preferred method of preparing our taxes as we travel from one area of the country to another. In this post, we’ll call out the Designated Market Areas, or DMAs, that are the most likely to have prepare their taxes using several common methods.[ READ MORE ]

Talking Taxes: Exploring trends in tax preparation and deductions

Long gone are the days of preparing our taxes the old-fashioned way using pen and paper (and hopefully a calculator). Last year, just 8.7% of U.S. tax filers prepared their taxes manually, down from 16.4% of filers who prepared their taxes this way in 2006. Software (including both online and offline versions, such as Turbo Tax or H&R Block At Home) have risen to replace their graphite-powered ancestors. In 2005, 21.5% of tax filers said they used software to prepare their taxes. Specifically, 6.8% used offline software and another 14.7% used online software. [ READ MORE ]

Auto-Motives: What “drives” American attitudes towards cars?

Experian Simmons created the Simmons Auto-MotivesSM consumer segmentation system, which places U.S. adults into one of five mutually exclusive segments based on their attitudes towards automobiles and driving. [ READ MORE ]

All the Single Ladies: Unmarried women comprise an increasing share of the population

Women already account for a majority of the total U.S. population, and in recent years, Experian Simmons found that the share of adult women in this country who are not married rose to nearly half. In 2011, 48% of adult women were not married, up from 45% in 2005. [ READ MORE ]

Who Streams March Madness Online? A Pocket Guide

March Madness fans are in a quandary over which games to watch and how to watch them. Even worse, many of the games take place during traditional working hours, presenting fans with a strong temptation to stream games live from their desk—with or without approval from their manager or IT department. But what’s a die-hard fan to do? [ READ MORE ]

March Madness – These Cities Lead in Online Streaming

Thanks to simulcast streaming of games online and via mobile apps, die-hards are better equipped to keep track of multiple games at once. Those who stream games online live in every corner of the country, but some locales are more likely to log on for their March Madness fix than others.[ READ MORE ]

Temptation Towns: Where do Apple’s Most Loyal Customers Live?

Experian Simmons analyzed ownership of core Apple products in over 100 U.S. Designated Market Areas (DMAs) with adult populations over 500,000. Specifically, the analysis included the percent of local adults who own at least one of the following: iPhone, Mac computer or iPod.[ READ MORE ]

The Oscar goes to . . . the Advertisers

The 84th Academy Awards could draw in the neighborhood of 35 to 40 million television viewers. That’s only one-third of the total viewing audience for the Super Bowl but still a sizeable enough chunk of consumers to attract the likes of Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and American Express as major brand advertisers. You’d think any event entering [...][ READ MORE ]

The top ten most searched for political terms

The top search terms driving traffic to the Lifestyle – Politics category within Experian Hitwise for the four weeks ending February 11, 2012. We captured 21,409 unique search terms. [ READ MORE ]

A mobile nation: Over 9-in-10 adults, 3-in-4 teens and 1-in-4 kids own a cell phone

Fully 232 million Americans ages six and older count themselves among the ranks of mobile Americans today, up from 178,000 in 2007. According to Experian Simmons, cell phone ownership among adults in this country currently stands at 92%, up from 73% in 2007. [ READ MORE ]