CIRP Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Older model iPhones remain popular

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 23rd, 2013)

Apple is poised to announce its quarterly earnings today and everyone is wondering how many iPhones and iPads the company sold. Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) took a close look at the iPhone market and broke sales down by device. According to CIRP's survey data and reported by ...

New iPad owners increasingly interested in business use

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 20th, 2012)

A recent research report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) suggests more people are buying the iPad to use at work, according to AllThingsD which had access to the report. A survey of 1000 customers who purchased iPads between December 2011 and April 2012 shows that 21 percent ...

Sprint's share of iPhone sales at big box stores double that at Apple retailers

by Mike Schramm (Jun 26th, 2012)

A new study by CIRP shows that even though Sprint is finally carrying the iPhone in the U.S., it might have come a little too late to the party. According to the study, Sprint is selling twice as many iPhones at big box retail stores like Best Buy than it's selling at Apple Stores. That's ...

Study: 38% of iPhone customers come from RIM, Android

by Steven Sande (Jun 7th, 2012)

With sales of iPhones still booming, you might be wondering where all of those customers are coming from. Philip Elmer-DeWitt at Fortune is citing an April survey by the Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) that shows that more iPhones were sold to consumers leaving Apple's ...

Research: Walmart sold 1.3 million iPads in March quarter

by Steven Sande (May 1st, 2012)

While in many minds the term Walmart has the connotation of low prices on "stuff" ranging from tires to baby clothing, some new research from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) shows that the discount retailer is an increasingly important part of Apple's overall distribution ...