This week we released our quarterly Hot Shops List in association with IMRG which saw Apple become the second biggest online retailer in the UK for the first time ever.
Two of the biggest products which are going to be filling stockings this Christmas are Apple's iPad and Amazon's Kindle.
In the aftermath of last week's rioting across England, one of the knock-on effects of the looting and vandalism caused was a noticeable increase in searches for home insurance.
Tweet The FA Cup Final has proved to be wildly popular online. Last week’s victory by West Ham United lead to a surge in visits to the team’s site. The site’s market share of UK visits more than doubled and the site’s ranking jumped from 25th among Sports – Football sites to 6th. The share [...]
Tweet The announcement today that BT would buy the UK Electricals and Computer retailer Dabs.com surprised many. I took a look at Hitwise data on Dabs.com and BT to see what our data could reveal about the match. Reuters reported that BT bought Dabs.com to “buoy its retail sales by offering its full range of [...]
Tweet With the World Cup in Germany fast approaching, we have already seen interest heating up online. While the official partners of the 2006 FIFA World Cup were selected months ago, there is still time for online marketers to benefit from the lift the event will have in online activity. The World Cup is reportedly [...]
Tweet In this, my second profile of a Hitwise Annual Online Performance Award winner, I will profile Expedia.co.uk, the #1 Travel – Agencies website in 2005 based on UK visits. Expedia.co.uk ranked #1 among Travel – Agencies based on UK visits every week in 2005 (and so far in 2006). The site also consistently ranked [...]
Tweet I realise I’ve been a bit more active in the blogosphere this week than usual. The flurry of activity is likely short lived. Call it the storm before the calm. Two things to mention today: 1. Lazy Frogs Part 2: Kevin May, Editor of Travolution, blogged about my post yesterday on the Jet2 CEO’s [...]
Tweet Hitwise daily data reveals that this week’s comments by Jet2′s boss about the French air traffic controllers, resulted in a spike in visits to Jet2′s website. In a press release (covered here on CheapFlights) the airline’s chief executive Philip Meeson wrote that the company “condemns French strike action and calls for lazy frogs to [...]
Tweet Last week Hitwise held its Online Performance Awards at the Institute of Directors on Pall Mall in London. The Hitwise UK Annual Online Performance Awards recognise outstanding business achievement and acknowledge the most successful websites in key industries based on popularity – as defined by the percentage of user visits a website received between [...]
Tweet The Telegraph reported today that “pop history was made when a song reached the top of the singles’ chart based solely on computer-download sales”. Crazy by Gnarls Barkley has been creating a bit of a stir online after the song aired in an ad for Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio One show. Hitwise data reveal [...]
Tweet DIY retailers are entering their busy season with the lead up to Easter typically one of the busiest in terms of share of visits to House and Garden and DIY websites. Analysis of Hitwise data reveals that it is not only the spring bulbs that are delayed by inclement weather, but also shopping for [...]
Tweet GUS announced yesterday that it would list Argos Retail Group and Experian as separate companies on the LSE this year. An interesting application of Hitwise data is to analyse the strength of a company online as an input to inform valuing a company. Following are some data points that might be interesting in considering [...]
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