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`!PC Data`! was an American `F33f`_`[market research`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Market_research]`_`f and `F33f`_`[point of sale`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Point_of_sale]`_`f tracking firm founded in 1991 and based in `F33f`_`[Reston, Virginia`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Reston,_Virginia]`_`f. Its founder, Ann Stephens, had worked previously as the head researcher for the `F33f`_`[Software Publishers Association`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Software_Publishers_Association]`_`f. Initially, the firm tracked only the United States' computer software market,`:cite-ref-wapo1-1-0[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-wapo1-1]`_`f] but later expanded to include hardware sales and, in 1999, Internet traffic.`:cite-ref-wapo1-1-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-wapo1-1]`_`f]`:cite-ref-wapo2-2-0[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-wapo2-2]`_`f] By 1996, `*`F33f`_`[The Washington Post`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Washington_Post]`_`f`* described PC Data as "the preeminent tabulator of facts and figures of the monthly sales of consumer software in the United States".`:cite-ref-wapo1-1-2[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-wapo1-1]`_`f] Its coverage of the United States retail software sales market had grown to 80% by September 1998.`:cite-ref-coverage1998-3-0[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-coverage1998-3]`_`f]

In March 2001, `F33f`_`[The NPD Group`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_NPD_Group]`_`f purchased PC Data's point-of-sale research branch and merged it with its Intelect Market Tracking division.`:cite-ref-adage-4-0[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-adage-4]`_`f]`:cite-ref-pressrelease-5-0[`F5bf`_`[5`#cite-note-pressrelease-5]`_`f] Following a legal settlement with the rival company Jupiter Media Matrix regarding `F33f`_`[patent infringement`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Patent_infringement]`_`f, PC Data ceased Internet traffic research and closed later in March.`:cite-ref-nyt1-6-0[`F5bf`_`[6`#cite-note-nyt1-6]`_`f]`:cite-ref-bizjournals-7-0[`F5bf`_`[7`#cite-note-bizjournals-7]`_`f] Firms NetValue and `F33f`_`[ComScore`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ComScore]`_`f purchased the remainder of PC Data's Internet research branch.`:cite-ref-bizjournals-7-1[`F5bf`_`[7`#cite-note-bizjournals-7]`_`f]

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>>References

`:cite-note-wapo1-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-wapo1-1-0]`_`f `:citerefcorcoran-elizabeth1996`aCorcoran, Elizabeth (August 19, 1996). "Software Sales, by the Numbers". `*`F33f`_`[Washington Post`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Washington_Post]`_`f`*. Archived from the original on April 29, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2018.

`:cite-note-wapo2-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-wapo2-2-0]`_`f `:citerefbredemeier-kenneth2000`aBredemeier, Kenneth (February 14, 2000). "In Which the Local Hare Enters a Dogfight". `*`F33f`_`[Washington Post`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Washington_Post]`_`f`*. Archived from the original on April 29, 2018.

`:cite-note-coverage1998-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-coverage1998-3-0]`_`f `:citerefign-staff1998`aIGN Staff (September 28, 1998). "PC Data Expands Coverage". `*`F33f`_`[IGN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=IGN]`_`f`*. Archived from the original on April 10, 2000. Retrieved April 28, 2020.

`:cite-note-adage-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-adage-4-0]`_`f `:citerefstaff2001`aStaff (March 19, 2001). "F.Y.I." `*`F33f`_`[Ad Age`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Ad_Age]`_`f`*. Archived from the original on April 29, 2018.

`:cite-note-pressrelease-5`!5.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-pressrelease-5-0]`_`f "NPD Intelect Acquires Point-of-Sale Tracking Division of PC Data" (Press release). `F33f`_`[Port Washington, New York`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Port_Washington,_New_York]`_`f: PC Data. March 16, 2001. Archived from the original on April 6, 2001. Retrieved April 28, 2020.

`:cite-note-nyt1-6`!6.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-nyt1-6-0]`_`f `:citerefstellin-susan2001`aStellin, Susan (March 29, 2001). "Technology Briefing: Internet; Web Measurement Lawsuits". `*`F33f`_`[The New York Times`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_New_York_Times]`_`f`*. Archived from the original on April 29, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2018.

`:cite-note-bizjournals-7`!7.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-bizjournals-7-0]`_`f `:citerefkady-ii-martin2001`aKady II, Martin (April 6, 2001). "In PC Data's shutdown, competitors find opportunity". `*`F33f`_`[American City Business Journals`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=American_City_Business_Journals]`_`f`*. Archived from the original on May 15, 2004.

>>External links

• Official website (archived)

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