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	<title>Hitwise Blog &#187; Economy</title>
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		<title>Searches reflecting concerns over debt ceiling</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/07/27/searches-reflecting-concerns-over-debt-ceiling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/07/27/searches-reflecting-concerns-over-debt-ceiling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ongoing debates in Washington DC regarding the debt ceiling have captured the interest of Americans as many struggle to understand the overall impact. Search activity has been building over the past 5 weeks and variations of &#8216;debt ceiling&#8217; jumped 232% for the week ending July 16, 2011 as compared to the prior week. Last week, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hybrid and gas efficiency searches rise</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/03/18/hybrid-and-gas-efficiency-searches-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/03/18/hybrid-and-gas-efficiency-searches-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gas Prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hybrid Cars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the cost of gas reaching new highs in recent weeks, consumers are looking to hybrid vehicles as a way to reduce spend on gasoline. Among the most popular hybrid car models, searches on the term &#8216;prius&#8217; increased by 200% when comparing the week ending March 12, 2011 and February 12, 2011. Searches for &#8216;toyota [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Continued concerns over gas prices</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/03/18/continued-concerns-over-gas-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/03/18/continued-concerns-over-gas-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gas Prices]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The civil unrest in oil producing regions in Northern Africa and the Middle East has caused a steep increase in retail gas prices in recent weeks. Overall, gas prices have trended higher throughout the past year and the effects are not just apparent at the pump, but also online. The average price per gallon of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fewer couples tying the knot</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/09/29/fewer-couples-tying-the-knot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/09/29/fewer-couples-tying-the-knot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demographics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weddings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New data from the US Census Bureau cites that the percentage of young adults (ages 25 to 34) who have never married has been on a steady rise over the past decade, from 35% in 2000 to 44% in 2008. The same number increased again in 2009 to 46%, passing up the percentage of married [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas Pump Prices and Cost Sensitivity</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/06/25/gas-pump-prices-and-cost-sensitivity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/06/25/gas-pump-prices-and-cost-sensitivity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Tancer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to a survey fielded by AAA, 37.1 million Americans will be traveling over the July 4th holiday weekend. According to AAA if this prediction proves true, it will represent a 1.9% decrease from the same week in 2008. As we&#8217;ve done in the past, I&#8217;ll update our charts on actual gas prices and corresponding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Swine Flu Wipe Out Mexico Vacations?</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/05/01/will-swine-flu-wipe-out-mexico-vacations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/05/01/will-swine-flu-wipe-out-mexico-vacations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 16:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The current economic conditions has impacted the travel industry and according to PhoCusWright, revenues are projected to decline 3% to reach $93 billion for the online leisure/unmanaged business travel market in 2009 (the first decline since tracking began in 1998). While the economy is hitting the travel industry and forcing cutbacks in spending, there has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retail traffic still down</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/02/26/retail-traffic-still-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/02/26/retail-traffic-still-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping and Classifieds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not much good news is comes out of the retail industry lately, consumer confidence is at an all-time low and retailers have reported steep declines in revenue. The economic downturn also continues to impact overall visits to online retailers, which was down 7% for the week ending Feb. 21, 2009 as compared to the previous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Season of Online Coupons</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/01/15/the-season-of-online-coupons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/01/15/the-season-of-online-coupons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all knew heading into the holiday season that consumers were going to be highly sensitive to price due to the economic conditions, paving the way for an increase in online deal seeking. Coupon websites experienced growth in visits throughout the holiday season as shoppers searched for promotional codes to use online and printable coupons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Retail &#8211; High Income Exodus</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/12/29/holiday-retail-high-income-exodus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/12/29/holiday-retail-high-income-exodus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Tancer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audience Segmentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday Season]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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, that pattern changed for the days immediately after Christmas (is 12/26 the New Black Friday?) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Layaway &#8211; Lexicon Changes with the Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/12/04/layaway-lexicon-changes-with-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/12/04/layaway-lexicon-changes-with-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Tancer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping and Classifieds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The term &#8220;layaway&#8221; seems so 1970&#8242;s. Yet if you look at search terms sending traffic to the Hitwise Shopping and Classifieds category, you&#8217;ll see this retro term resurfacing as consumers struggle to find ways of navigating purchases this holiday season. Here&#8217;s a chart of searches on &#8220;Layaway&#8221; over the last three years. And who is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lipstick and the Narrative Fallacy</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/12/01/lipstick-and-the-narrative-fallacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/12/01/lipstick-and-the-narrative-fallacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Tancer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2008/12/01/lipstick-and-the-narrative-fallacy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite recent books is Nassim Taleb&#8217;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 through the lens of our chosen hypothesis (highlighting data that makes our point and ignoring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retail traffic flat from 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/11/25/retail-traffic-flat-from-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/11/25/retail-traffic-flat-from-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving is almost here, time for turkey, pumpkin pie &#8211; and online shopping. Each year Thanksgiving is the peak traffic day to the Retail 500, particularly among many of the brick &#038; mortar players, who use the online channel to help inform shoppers about in-store (and online) Black Friday deals. Although bad news about holiday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Declines in airline visits = home for the holidays?</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/11/18/declines-in-airline-visits-home-for-the-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/11/18/declines-in-airline-visits-home-for-the-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airlines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, we have been watching visits to the retail and travel categories as consumer spending continues to decline. There have been several factors impacting traffic &#8211; the elections, the economy, and also the calendar, with Thanksgiving falling later in the season this year. Typically Thanksgiving is a major time for travel, but in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which product categories can weather the economic storm</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/10/23/which-product-categories-can-weather-the-economic-storm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/10/23/which-product-categories-can-weather-the-economic-storm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote about the decline in visits to the websites of the top 500 retailers (ranked by traffic), a trend that continued for the week ending October 18, 2008 with a 5% year-over-year decline. This was the seventh consecutive week that retail traffic was down, the first weeks with a downturn in traffic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traffic down to online retailers</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/10/14/traffic-down-to-online-retailers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/10/14/traffic-down-to-online-retailers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, several retailers announced steep same-store sales (based upon physical stores open for at least a year) declines in September as compared to previous years. Additionally, other economic indicators such as the Deloitte Research&#8217;s Leading Index of Consumer Spending declined in September. At Hitwise, we have been tracking these various economic indicators very closely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employment traffic reaches new heights</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/09/18/employment-traffic-reaches-new-heights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/09/18/employment-traffic-reaches-new-heights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a wild and uncomfortable ride on Wall Street for the past few days, beginning with the news of Lehman Brothers and AIG coming very close to bankruptcy as well as the Merrill Lynch acquisition by Bank of America. While the credit crunch continues to impact the global financial markets, we have seen traffic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back-to-School: Online Holds Steady</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/08/12/back-to-school-online-holds-steady/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/08/12/back-to-school-online-holds-steady/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Tancer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From our ABCNews Blog: Despite reports from retailers of expected declines in the back-to-school retail season, online data reveals that visits to office supply and school supply sites is holding steady when compared to previous year&#8217;s visits. The chart below provides a three-year perspective on visits to office/school supply websites. The dramatic yearly spikes occur [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Housing Market &#8211; Have We Reached Bottom?</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/07/29/housing-market-have-we-reached-bottom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/07/29/housing-market-have-we-reached-bottom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Tancer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From our ABCNews Blog: Last week&#8217;s report on existing home sales by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), revealing a 2.6 percent decline from May, added to the pile of sobering news about the housing market and the economy. Here at Hitwise, we have found, in the past, that Internet activity around home purchase decisions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulus checks &#8211; consumers are ready for their money</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/05/15/stimulus-checks-consumers-are-ready-for-their-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/05/15/stimulus-checks-consumers-are-ready-for-their-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 15:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2008/05/15/stimulus-checks-consumers-are-ready-for-their-money/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first wave of stimulus rebates via direct deposit has curious consumers checking out the IRS website to find out when to expect their checks. The market share of visits to IRS.gov jumped 124% for the week ending May 3, 2008 from the previous week and continued to rise another 15% for the week ending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Free Lunch</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2007/06/25/no-free-lunch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2007/06/25/no-free-lunch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Tancer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My weekly TIME column is up today. There really is no such thing as a free lunch&#8230; TweetTweet]]></description>
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