01. WhatsApp handled more than 7 trillion messages in 2014, about 1000 per person on the planet.
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02. Only 1% of a typical travel site’s visitors buy a flight, hotel or holiday before browsing away.
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03. Windows and Office still generate 44% of revenues and 58% of Microsoft's profits.
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04. In 2014, for 22 years in row, IBM was America's largest recipient of patents.
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05. Every credit card transaction generates around 120 fields of data.
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Showing posts with label datastream. Show all posts
Showing posts with label datastream. Show all posts
Datastream #15
01. More than 1% of the global population bought an iPhone in the last quarter of 2014 (which is Apple's fiscal 1Q of 2015; here's a breakdown of iPhone sales by quarter 2007-2015).
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02. The average person makes more than 200 decisions about food every day, many of them unconsciously, including the choices made from reading menus.
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03. The typical cartel arrangement raises prices by 20%.
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04. Though smartphones sales shot up worldwide in 2014, Japan and western Europe were the exceptions recording declines of 2.8% and 9.1% respectively.
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05. Just 4% of Chinese hold passports, compared with roughly 30% of Americans and 70% of Britons.
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02. The average person makes more than 200 decisions about food every day, many of them unconsciously, including the choices made from reading menus.
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03. The typical cartel arrangement raises prices by 20%.
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04. Though smartphones sales shot up worldwide in 2014, Japan and western Europe were the exceptions recording declines of 2.8% and 9.1% respectively.
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05. Just 4% of Chinese hold passports, compared with roughly 30% of Americans and 70% of Britons.
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Datastream #14
01. 1/3rd of all personal luxury goods sold worldwide are bought by Chinese consumers.
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02. America has 30% of the world’s high-net-worth individuals (people with more than $1m in liquid assets) and nearly a quarter of global GDP, but consumes less than 1/5th of the world’s personal luxury goods.
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03. More than 80% of the shoes, bags and other products bearing the Prada label are now sold in its own shops, compared with about 50% a decade ago. For Burberry, the share has grown from less than 40% to more than 70% over the same period.
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04. Rolls Royce makes just 4000 cars a year, many of them to order.
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05. Today, 2 in 5 Japanese are thought to own a Vuitton product.
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02. America has 30% of the world’s high-net-worth individuals (people with more than $1m in liquid assets) and nearly a quarter of global GDP, but consumes less than 1/5th of the world’s personal luxury goods.
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03. More than 80% of the shoes, bags and other products bearing the Prada label are now sold in its own shops, compared with about 50% a decade ago. For Burberry, the share has grown from less than 40% to more than 70% over the same period.
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04. Rolls Royce makes just 4000 cars a year, many of them to order.
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05. Today, 2 in 5 Japanese are thought to own a Vuitton product.
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Datastream #13
01. During 2014’s Super Bowl, 60-second-plus placements accounted for 40% of all paid ads during the game, up from 29% in 2013 and 27% in 2012. In 2010, ads over 60 seconds represented just 18% of paid Super Bowl placements.
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02. Premium cars account for 12% of the volume and 59% of the profits of the car industry.
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03. Roughly 80% of all transactions in Germany are conducted in cash. (In the US, it’s less than 50%.)
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04. Expensive restaurants also use longer words in their menus. Every one-letter increase in the average length of the words describing a dish adds an extra $0.18 to its price.
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05. More than 1 billion people perform a Google search every month.
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02. Premium cars account for 12% of the volume and 59% of the profits of the car industry.
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03. Roughly 80% of all transactions in Germany are conducted in cash. (In the US, it’s less than 50%.)
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04. Expensive restaurants also use longer words in their menus. Every one-letter increase in the average length of the words describing a dish adds an extra $0.18 to its price.
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05. More than 1 billion people perform a Google search every month.
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Datastream #12
01. The airline industry made a profit of only 4 dollars for every passenger it flew in 2012.
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02. During the prime-time hours of 6pm to 10pm, Netflix and YouTube account for half of all internet traffic in America.
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03. In 2013, Switzerland exported 28.1 million timepieces at an average price of $830 (an average skewed down by Swatch, which sold a vast but undisclosed number of its quirky quartz watches at $50-215 each).
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04. Brick-and-mortar retailers employ 47 people for every 10 million dollars in revenue earned; Amazon employs 14.
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05. There are 86 Lego bits for every person in the world.
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02. During the prime-time hours of 6pm to 10pm, Netflix and YouTube account for half of all internet traffic in America.
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03. In 2013, Switzerland exported 28.1 million timepieces at an average price of $830 (an average skewed down by Swatch, which sold a vast but undisclosed number of its quirky quartz watches at $50-215 each).
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04. Brick-and-mortar retailers employ 47 people for every 10 million dollars in revenue earned; Amazon employs 14.
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05. There are 86 Lego bits for every person in the world.
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Datastream #11
1. One in 10 Europeans is allegedly conceived in an Ikea bed.
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2. Every 10 minutes of commuting cuts your social involvement by a 10th - so 10 percent fewer family dinners, club meetings and other forms of interaction.
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3. Around 15 to 20 % of gay men in America marry heterosexual women.
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4. Printing and shipping to retailers represent only a tenth of a printed book's retail price.
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5. The average sport fan consumes almost 10 hours of media in an average day, against just over 5 hours for other young men.
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2. Every 10 minutes of commuting cuts your social involvement by a 10th - so 10 percent fewer family dinners, club meetings and other forms of interaction.
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3. Around 15 to 20 % of gay men in America marry heterosexual women.
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4. Printing and shipping to retailers represent only a tenth of a printed book's retail price.
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5. The average sport fan consumes almost 10 hours of media in an average day, against just over 5 hours for other young men.
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Datastream #10
1. About 8 per cent of all Google queries are name searches.
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2. In 1900, about 28 percent of the 4,000 plus cars produced in America ran on electricity.
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3. Britain produces 700 regional cheeses, more even than France.
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4. Product warranties generate over $16 billion annually for American retailers.
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5. There’s a 5.6% clickrate on porn spam.
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2. In 1900, about 28 percent of the 4,000 plus cars produced in America ran on electricity.
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3. Britain produces 700 regional cheeses, more even than France.
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4. Product warranties generate over $16 billion annually for American retailers.
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5. There’s a 5.6% clickrate on porn spam.
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Datastream #9
01. FIFA (209) has more members than the UN (193).
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02. At the turn of the millennium, musicians made roughly 2/3rds of their income from recorded music and the remaining 1/3rd from live performances, merchandise and endorsements. These days, it is the other way around.
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03. Barring a few outliers, GDP per person is roughly correlated with the proportion of a country’s citizens that speak the predominant language.
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04. 70% of all offices now have an open office plan.
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05. Americans watched almost 15 hours of time-shifted television a month in 2013, 2 more hours a month than the year before.
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02. At the turn of the millennium, musicians made roughly 2/3rds of their income from recorded music and the remaining 1/3rd from live performances, merchandise and endorsements. These days, it is the other way around.
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03. Barring a few outliers, GDP per person is roughly correlated with the proportion of a country’s citizens that speak the predominant language.
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04. 70% of all offices now have an open office plan.
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05. Americans watched almost 15 hours of time-shifted television a month in 2013, 2 more hours a month than the year before.
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Datastream #8
1. 95% of the world’s ATMs still run on Windows XP.
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2. More than 80℅ of Roomba owners give it a pet name.
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3. In India, where almost all mobiles are sold with an FM tuner inside, 94% of all radio listeners do so on their mobile phone.
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4. 91 percent of all passwords appear in the list of 1000 worst passwords.
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5. Consumers are 16% more likely to trust a brand of cereal when the characters on the boxes look them straight in the eye.
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Datastream #7
1. The average time it takes for society to learn about an invention has been shrinking by about 2.5 years every decade.
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2. The average user’s value to the Internet advertising ecosystem is estimated at $1,200 per year.
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3. In a print advert for a Betty Crocker pie, a version with the fork placed on the right triggered a 20% higher “purchase intent” than one with the fork on the left (because most people eat with their right hands).
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4. Of the words we say in the physical world, 0.5 to 0.7% are curses - on Twitter, the corresponding rate is 1.15%.
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5. More than 90% of Americans shop at Walmart at least once a year.
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2. The average user’s value to the Internet advertising ecosystem is estimated at $1,200 per year.
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3. In a print advert for a Betty Crocker pie, a version with the fork placed on the right triggered a 20% higher “purchase intent” than one with the fork on the left (because most people eat with their right hands).
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4. Of the words we say in the physical world, 0.5 to 0.7% are curses - on Twitter, the corresponding rate is 1.15%.
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5. More than 90% of Americans shop at Walmart at least once a year.
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Datastream #6
1. In December 2004, Microsoft paid a massive $33 billion dividend to its shareholders. It was the largest payment of its kind, amounting to 6% of the increase in Americans’ personal income that year.
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2. About 2.19 trillion text messages were sent and received in 2012 in the US, about 5 percent less than a year earlier. In comparison, MMS, or multimedia messages that include photos and videos, grew by 41 percent to 74.5 billion in 2012.
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3. Depending on the definition, between one-fifth and one-third of American workers are now freelancers, contractors or temps, up from 6% in 1989.
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4. McKinsey interviews 200,000 people each year, but selects just over 1%.
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5. The British royal family costs the average taxpayer less than $1 per year.
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2. About 2.19 trillion text messages were sent and received in 2012 in the US, about 5 percent less than a year earlier. In comparison, MMS, or multimedia messages that include photos and videos, grew by 41 percent to 74.5 billion in 2012.
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3. Depending on the definition, between one-fifth and one-third of American workers are now freelancers, contractors or temps, up from 6% in 1989.
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4. McKinsey interviews 200,000 people each year, but selects just over 1%.
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5. The British royal family costs the average taxpayer less than $1 per year.
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Datastream #5
1. 5% of Google employees are Stanford graduates.
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2. In a study published in Nature (March 2013), it was found that just 4 data points of when and where a call was made - taken from anonymised phone records - could identify 95 percent of individuals. (In contrast, with a fingerprint, you need 12 data points to identify somebody.)
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3. In the US alone in 2012, some $170 billion was spent on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties.
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4. The euro zone has 160 different types of coin: eight values, from one cent to €2, in 20 designs, one for each of the zone’s 17 members plus Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican.
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5. After dropping to less than two years in the mid-2000s, the average tenure of a CMO at a big-spending American firm has climbed back to 45 months.
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2. In a study published in Nature (March 2013), it was found that just 4 data points of when and where a call was made - taken from anonymised phone records - could identify 95 percent of individuals. (In contrast, with a fingerprint, you need 12 data points to identify somebody.)
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3. In the US alone in 2012, some $170 billion was spent on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties.
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4. The euro zone has 160 different types of coin: eight values, from one cent to €2, in 20 designs, one for each of the zone’s 17 members plus Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican.
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5. After dropping to less than two years in the mid-2000s, the average tenure of a CMO at a big-spending American firm has climbed back to 45 months.
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Datastream #4
01. If you retake the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test after only a 5-week gap, there’s around a 50% chance that you will fall into a different personality category compared to the first time you took the test.
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02. 97 percent of fake social media profiles identify themselves as female (while just 40 percent of real users do).
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03. In international rankings on competitiveness by the World Economic Forum, the only category in which the US still ranks first is market size.
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04. Per person, Britons spend almost twice as much on music as do Americans.
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05. Every single day, 15 percent of the queries recorded on Google are questions never searched before.[Source]
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02. 97 percent of fake social media profiles identify themselves as female (while just 40 percent of real users do).
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03. In international rankings on competitiveness by the World Economic Forum, the only category in which the US still ranks first is market size.
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04. Per person, Britons spend almost twice as much on music as do Americans.
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05. Every single day, 15 percent of the queries recorded on Google are questions never searched before.[Source]
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Datastream #3
1. Rolls-Royce sold a record 3,575 of its ultra-luxury cars in 2012.
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2. The world’s 3 biggest makers—Toyota, GM and VW—each have R&D budgets of $8 billion-10 billion a year.
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3. In China the market for luxury cars in the past decade has grown by an average of 36% a year, far outstripping the 26% annual rise in its overall car market.
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4. In the US, profits on pickups can be around $15,000 a unit compared to $4,000 for regular cars.
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5. Three quarters of all Rolls Royce cars ever produced are still on roads.
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2. The world’s 3 biggest makers—Toyota, GM and VW—each have R&D budgets of $8 billion-10 billion a year.
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3. In China the market for luxury cars in the past decade has grown by an average of 36% a year, far outstripping the 26% annual rise in its overall car market.
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4. In the US, profits on pickups can be around $15,000 a unit compared to $4,000 for regular cars.
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5. Three quarters of all Rolls Royce cars ever produced are still on roads.
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Datastream #2
1. In Russia, there are 163 cellphone subscriptions for every 100 people.
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2. In America, if a company lasts 35 years, it becomes on average ten times as productive and employs ten times as many people.
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3. Britain exports around 3% of the world’s goods and 6% of the world’s services, but the country’s artists account for around 13% of global music sales.
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4. 90% of the world’s population lives within range of a base station.
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5. The average American mobile phone is replaced every 22 months.
2. In America, if a company lasts 35 years, it becomes on average ten times as productive and employs ten times as many people.
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3. Britain exports around 3% of the world’s goods and 6% of the world’s services, but the country’s artists account for around 13% of global music sales.
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4. 90% of the world’s population lives within range of a base station.
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5. The average American mobile phone is replaced every 22 months.
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Datastream #1
1. The average Swiss watch costs $685.
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2. Google’s workers each generate $931,657 revenue, 160% more than the $353,657 produced by each of Yahoo’s employees.
3. 40% of counterfeit handbag consumers ultimately purchase the real brand.
4. During the third quarter of 2012, Americans on average clocked up 7 hours of online video a month, 37% more than they had watched a year before - but much less than the 148 hours a month they spend in front of their television sets.
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5. Less than 20% of internet traffic crosses national borders.
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