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Category Archives: Thanksgiving
Searches aid offline purchases
December 16, 2009
Shoppers have plenty of gift buying left to do this season according to a survey released by the NRF which found that the average shopper had completed 46.7 percent of their holiday shopping by the second week of December, down... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 03:43 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Coupons | Holiday | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds | Thanksgiving
Online holiday shopping season underway
December 02, 2009
Holiday shopping is in full swing now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us… sort of. Overall, visits to the Retail 500 were down on Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday as compared to last year. Visits declined... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 11:33 AM
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In Categories Black Friday | Cyber Monday | Holiday | Retail | Thanksgiving
Holiday shopping with social networks
December 01, 2009
Last week, our custom category of 155 Social Networking websites received just over 10% of all US Internet visits. With such a large audience, marketers have flocked to websites like Facebook and Twitter to reach out to consumers during the... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 11:22 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Cyber Monday | Facebook | Holiday | Social Media | Social Networking | Thanksgiving | Twitter | US
Thanksgiving and Black Friday Seasonal Traffic Patterns
November 24, 2009
When you start hearing about doorbuster sales and stores opening at 5 am, it can mean only one thing – Thanksgiving and Black Friday are almost upon us again! Retailers started to promote pre-Black Friday sales as early as late... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 05:36 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Cyber Monday | Email | Holiday | Retail | Search Engines | Shopping and Classifieds | Thanksgiving
Airfare impact on Thanksgiving travel plans
November 23, 2009
Last week at the PhocusWright conference in Orlando, Florida, I had the pleasure of presenting with Rick Seaney, the CEO of FareCompare. One topic that we discussed is the impact of changing airfares and capacity upon the upcoming Thanksgiving travel... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 12:30 PM
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In Categories Airlines | Thanksgiving | Travel
Black Friday and Cyber Monday Predictions
November 02, 2009
Holiday projections are out and many are predicting a gloomy holiday season for retailers. The NRF forecasts a 1% decline growth in total retail sales for the 2009 holiday season, totaling $437.6 billion. The online channel is poised to fare... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 06:11 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Email | Holiday | Retail | Search Strategies | Shopping and Classifieds | Thanksgiving
