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Car Shoppers Want Apps and Will Pay More for Some of them, Power Study Says
2013-04-30 02:07:35| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Vehicle owners have a high interest in technology applications related to fuel economy, device/app linking for smartphones, wireless connectivity, natural language voice activation and a variety of infotainment features for their next vehicle, according to a new J.D. Power and Associates study. Fuel economy and energy efficiency are continuing to show strong interest from car shoppers. Interest drops a bit after pricing is revealed, but not as much as other application categories. It may have something to do with slowly rising fuel prices and increasing expectations consumers have about smartness and efficiency being built into everything they buy these days. Vehicle owners have high expectations for their smartphone to easily integrate with the system in their vehicle. Owners are keeping their vehicle longer, which sometimes clashes with new technology integration and there are limits to how much their willing to pay. J.D. Power and Associates 2013 U.S. Automotive Emerging Technologies Studydraws from responses made by more than 16,758 vehicle owners. It includes 22 primary technologies, each with related secondary technologies such as analyses on infotainment/connectivity safety- and energy-related emerging features. Theres a chart featuring the top five applications in the definitely would or probably would purchase in their next vehicle both before and after prices are revealed. Three of the categories made both charts, pointing to a good marketing opportunity for OEMs and their dealer partners. Check it out....The Article Car Shoppers Want Apps and Will Pay More for Some of them, Power Study Says appeared first on Automotive Digest.
Germany's Bayer to pay $1.1 billion for California-based birth control firm Conceptus
2013-04-29 15:09:02| Biotech - Topix.net
German drug company Bayer AG says it has agreed to buy California-based Conceptus for around $1.1 billion to expand the kinds of birth control it offers.
11 home features buyers will pay extra for
2013-04-28 22:00:54| Real Estate - Topix.net
Before making the decision to buy, people shopping for homes must consider hundreds of factors.
Food stamps pay for billions in junk food, but USDA won't say how much
2013-04-28 01:35:24| Beverages - Topix.net
Food stamp participation is at an all-time high, costing taxpayers $80 billion in 2012 alone, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture refuses to make public how much of that money pays for junk food.
Why McDonald's won't copy Costco on executive pay
2013-04-27 01:19:49| Air Courier - Topix.net
Call it McDonald's secret sauce for executive pay, if you will. It's the list of peers the fast-food chain compares itself with when setting executive pay.
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