It is time for us to polish off our crystal ball and give our predictions straight from consumers’ fingertips for the hot products of the 2012 holiday season. Gadgets will reign across many ages Tablets including LeapPads, Tabeos, iPads, Kindles and others will continue to be a popular gift this year, with more choices than [...]

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As we head into the holiday season, one of the many capabilities Experian Hitwise has is the ability to segment web-users that performed a Black Friday-related search (e.g. ‘Walmart Black Friday,’ ‘Black Friday sales,’ ‘ad for black Friday’) OR visited a Black Friday website (e.g., blackfridayads.com, Bfads.com). We analyzed data for Black Friday shoppers between [...]

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Retailers everywhere are getting in the spirit for the upcoming holiday season with Black Friday and Cyber Monday to kick off the busiest shopping season of the year. It is critical in today’s connected digital environment for marketers to do everything they can to stand out and reach potential customers where and when they are [...]

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With the Democratic and Republican conventions behind us – the 2012 race to the White House is in high speed with pundits talking up the next big political viewing experience – the presidential debates. There is some ‘debate’ as to whether or not these match-ups are in fact game changers in tight races. Even so, [...]

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For professional athletes, it is essential to raise their profiles, establish personal brands and become more attractive to potential sponsors. In a previous post, we tracked online searches of the U.S. Olympic athletes to see who was in the race for online popularity during the Olympics. Now that the games are over and some time [...]

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The 2012 London Summer Olympic Games closed with a tremendous party Sunday evening, but we couldn’t resist just one more friendly competition: of the beloved athletes who led the U.S. to the most medals at these games, which are the most searched? Over the past few weeks we have tracked online searches of the U.S. [...]

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Our last blog post looked at the differences in the behavior of visitors to USA Track and Field (usatf.org), USA Swimming (usaswimming.org), and USA Basketball (usabasketball.com). In this post, we try to understand more about who these fans are and what makes them tick. The Olympic teams’ site visitors tend to be men.  The swimming [...]

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It’s Olympics time – the once-every-four-year period where all of the preparation and hype give way to the actual events.  Whether you’re an athlete or a marketer, preparation and knowing your competition gives you an edge in the game.  This got us thinking about what sports are winning the online medals in attracting fans to [...]

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In today’s marketplace it is crucial for lenders to strategically target creditworthy consumer segments for lending opportunities. Using VantageScore segmentation and insights from AudienceView, we can look at the online behaviors of those with the highest credit worthiness and very low risk (VantageScore A) and how they compare against the online population. Sites that are [...]

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Summer travel plans are well underway for most and it’s particularly a very popular time for family travel. Catering to families is  a smart strategy for many in the travel industry, and there’s growing evidence that even in these tough economic times the family vacation has become more important than ever—with families working hard to [...]

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