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Holiday Retail - High Income Exodus
December 29, 2008
As we examine the daily pattern of visits to our Retail 500 Index for the last three years we see that for most of the holiday season we trailed 2007 holiday traffic numbers, we consistently beat the 2006 holiday. However,... Continue reading...
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Posted by Bill Tancer at 08:01 PM
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Gift Cards - Rumored Death Greatly Exaggerated
December 23, 2008
Despite survey results to the contrary and concerns of their viability in times of economic uncertainty, Internet searches for gift cards continue to surge this holiday season . If we look at the following chart of search term volume on... Continue reading...
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Posted by Bill Tancer at 01:21 PM
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Layaway - Lexicon Changes with the Economy
December 04, 2008
The term "layaway" seems so 1970's. Yet if you look at search terms sending traffic to the Hitwise Shopping and Classifieds category, you'll see this retro term resurfacing as consumers struggle to find ways of navigating purchases this holiday season.... Continue reading...
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Posted by Bill Tancer at 12:49 PM
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Lipstick and the Narrative Fallacy
December 01, 2008
One of my favorite recent books is Nassim Taleb’s Black Swan. While reading the book last year, I was struck by a point that Nassim made regarding the narrative fallacy, or our inclination as analysts to only look at data... Continue reading...
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