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* Forty percent of respondents say they frequently/occasionally “read product or store reviews posted on Web sites”; 28 percent “look for recommendations on what to watch, buy, etc., on social-networking Web sites.” (Yankelovich Monitor)

* Among 6-11-year-olds, 18 percent of boys and 22 percent of girls had a cell phone last year. Forty-nine percent used it to play games; 34 percent used it to listen to music. (Mediamark Research & Intelligence)

* Having slid to 10.4 million units last year — a 27-year low — sales of light vehicles in the U.S.

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