1 in 4 AFL club supporters watch the pre-season on TV

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 12-Feb-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 26 per cent of Australian Football League club supporters aged 14+ watched pre-season NAB Challenge games on TV in the year to December 2015. This compares with about 31 per cent in 2011-2013. The survey shows that 45 per cent of North Melbourne Kangaroos supporters almost always or occasionally watch pre-season games on television, ahead of Melbourne Demons fans (37 per cent). However, just 11 per cent of Sydney Swans supporters and 16 per cent of Brisbane Lions supporters tune in for pre-season games.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NORTH MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED, MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB, SYDNEY SWANS FOOTBALL CLUB, BRISBANE LIONS FOOTBALL CLUB, GOLD COAST FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED, FREMANTLE DOCKERS FOOTBALL CLUB, RICHMOND FOOTBALL CLUB, FOX FOOTY CHANNEL, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD

Airbnb: the changing face of accommodation booking

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 11-Feb-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 27.1 per cent of Australians aged 14+ (or 5.3 million people) reported having heard of Airbnb in the six months to December 2015. While this is a substantially lower recognition rate than more established tourism industry players such as Flight Centre (70 per cent) and Webjet.com.au (52.2 per cent), it puts Airbnb ahead of well-known operators like STA Travel (26.9 per cent), Lastminute.com.au (25.8 per cent) and Stayz (23 per cent). Meanwhile, 7.7 per cent of Australians say they would consider using Airbnb for their next holiday, making it the fifth-most considered travel agent/booking site after Flight Centre, Booking.com, Wotif, and Webjet.com.au.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AIRBNB AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FLIGHT CENTRE TRAVEL GROUP LIMITED – ASX FLT, WEBJET LIMITED – ASX WEB, STA TRAVEL PTY LTD, LASTMINUTE.COM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, STAYZ PTY LTD, BOOKING.COM BV, EXPEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Two million Australians take a performance enhancing supplement: Berocca

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 10-Feb-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 10 per cent of Australians aged 14+ took Berocca in the year to December 2015. The survey shows that Berocca consumption varies by age, but it notably has two distinct peaks: it rises sharply from teenagers up to 22-24 year-olds, when 19 per cent take Berocca at least once in a 12-month period; the rate of consumption then declines throughout the late 20s and 30s to just below the norm, but bounces back up throughout the 40s to a secondary peak of 15 per cent among 45-49 year-olds before its popularity again declines. Meanwhile, Essendon supporters are 39 per cent more likely than average to have had Berocca in the past year, while AFL supporters overall are eight per cent more likely.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Off colour: fewer Aussie women buying eye shadow

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 10-Feb-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 13 per cent of Australian women aged 14+ bought eye shadow in any given six-month period during the year to September 2015. This compares with 16 per cent in the year to September 2011. However, category-leader Revlon has actually increased its customer base, and is now chosen by 13 per cent of all women who buy eye-shadow in an average six months (up from 11 per cent in 2011). Revlon’s recent growth is primarily driven by its increased popularity among women aged 35-49. The Maybelline and MAC brands have also bucked the downward trend of the last few years.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, REVLON AUSTRALIA, MAYBELLINE, MAC COSMETICS INCORPORATED, AVON AUSTRALIA

We’re all going on a summer holiday

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 8-Feb-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 29 per cent of Australians aged 14+ whose last holiday was domestic travelled during the summer months. In contrast, 26 per cent chose to go on holiday in autumn, followed by winter (23 per cent) and spring (23 per cent). The survey, which was carried out in the year to September 2015, also shows that Tasmania is more likely than other states to attract holiday-makers during the summer months than any other season (35 per cent), while Brisbane is the most popular capital city for domestic holidays during summer (38 per cent).

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

The Uber phenomenon

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 8-Feb-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 5.1 per cent of Australians aged 14+ (or 989,000 people) reported travelling by Uber at least once in any given three-month period in the six months to Decembers 2015. Almost three quarters of them were aged between 18 and 34, while less than 10 per cent were aged 50+. Meanwhile, 5.3 per cent of Australians have downloaded the Uber app, and more than six in every 10 of them are in the younger age brackets. The survey also shows that Uber is most popular among West Australians, of whom 10.5 per cent travel by Uber in any given three months, while 7.6 per cent have downloaded the Uber app.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, UBER TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED

Vegetarianism on the rise in New Zealand

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 8-Feb-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 10.3 per cent of New Zealanders aged 14+ said that the food they eat is all, or almost all, vegetarian in the year to June 2015. This compares with 8.1 per cent in the year to June 2011. While the incidence of vegetarianism is up across all major demographic segments, the strongest growth has been among men (up 63 per cent, from 5.7 per cent to 9.3 per cent), 14-24 year-olds (up 55 per cent, from 8.6 per cent to 13.3 per cent), and 25-34 year-olds (up 45 per cent, from 9.5 per cent to 13.8 per cent).

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

Satisfaction with big four banks up in December as home loan customers recover

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 4-Feb-16

A Roy Morgan Research Single Source survey has found that the satisfaction level of the personal customers of Australia’s four major banks rose by 0.5 per cent to 80.9 per cent in the six months to December 2015. The Commonwealth Bank continued to have the highest customer satisfaction rating of the four major banks, at 82.4 per cent, which is 0.7 per cent higher than previously. It also had the highest satisfaction rating among the home loan customers of the big four banks, at 80.6 per cent. Smaller banks had the highest level of customer satisfaction overall, at 87 per cent, while the mutual sector’s customer satisfaction rating was 91.2 per cent.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB, ST GEORGE BANK LIMITED, BANK OF MELBOURNE LIMITED, BENDIGO BANK, TEACHERS MUTUAL BANK LIMITED

Roy Morgan Newspaper Print Readership and Cross-Platform Audience Results for December 2015

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 4-Feb-16

Roy Morgan Research has released its Print Readership and seven-day Cross-Platform Audience results for Australian newspapers for the year to December 2015. Readership of the weekday edition of "The Age" has fallen by 16.1 per cent, while readership of the Saturday and Sunday editions fell by 15.4 per cent and 19 per cent respectively. However, readership of the weekend edition of "The Australian Financial Review" increased by 25.2 per cent. "Smart Investor" had the highest growth in readership of newspaper inserted magazines. Meanwhile, 10 of the 14 major mastheads expanded their digital reach in 2015, as more Australians accessed newspaper content via website or app. Roy Morgan Research CEO Michele Levine says Ro Morgan Audiences is a game-changing new tool that can measure and evaluate unique digital audiences across devices, and provide owners and advertisers with twice-daily updates on who has been reached, how many times, via which of their devices.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

Roy Morgan Magazine Readership and Cross-Platform Audiences for December 2015

Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 4-Feb-16

Roy Morgan Research’s latest Australian Magazine Readership survey shows that 12,219,000 Australians 14+ read the latest issue of at least one print magazine on average in the year to December 2015. This is 1.9 per cent lower than the previous year. "Coles Magazine" remained the most widely-read print magazine during the period, with an average readership of 2,994,000 per issue (an increase of 8.1 per cent). Meanwhile, a number of titles recorded an increase in total cross-platform audiences, including "The Monthly" (up 13.4 per cent to 263,000), "Women’s Health" (up 7.7 per cent to 435,000), and "Open Road" (up 1.5 per cent to 1,033,000).

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED