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	<title>Hitwise Blog &#187; Holiday</title>
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		<title>Christmas Day 2012 retail visits increase 27% compared to 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2012/12/27/christmas-day-2012-retail-visits-increase-27-compared-to-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Tatham</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The home stretch for the holidays is nearing as second wind for retailers is just starting as Experian Marketing Services analyzes the post-Christmas retail trend. Christmas Day 2012 saw a 27% increase in online traffic to the top 500 retail sites compared to 2011. The top retail sites received more than 115.5 million total U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online retail visits increase 5% year over year week of Dec 2 – 8</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2012/12/14/online-retail-visits-increase-5-year-over-year-week-of-dec-2-8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2012/12/14/online-retail-visits-increase-5-year-over-year-week-of-dec-2-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Tatham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the busy holiday marketing season in full swing, Experian Marketing Services has released its online retail round-up for the week ending December 8. The online traffic to the top 500 retail sites increased 5% for the period of December 2 – 8, compared to the same week in 2011. Additionally, Amazon remained the top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday hot products &#8211; tablets top the list and the Furby is back!</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2012/11/12/holiday-hot-products-tablets-top-the-list-and-the-furby-is-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2012/11/12/holiday-hot-products-tablets-top-the-list-and-the-furby-is-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Illiano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hitwise Data Center]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday Retail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching affluent post holiday shoppers via email</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/02/03/reaching-affluent-post-holiday-shoppers-via-email/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/02/03/reaching-affluent-post-holiday-shoppers-via-email/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audience Segmentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demographics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the holiday season, email is always a key driver of traffic to retail websites used to communicate products and promotions both online and in-stores. The daily downstream traffic from web-based email to the Retail 500 throughout the holiday season shows an interesting pattern where clear peaks emerge, highlighting the most important (and cluttered) days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affluent shoppers love coupons too</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/01/20/affluent-shoppers-love-coupons-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/01/20/affluent-shoppers-love-coupons-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coupons]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2011/01/20/affluent-shoppers-love-coupons-too/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone loves a bargain and during the holiday season, searches for coupons and discount codes are always commonplace as shoppers quickly check for promotions from specific retailers before making a purchase (e.g. jcpenney coupons, proflowers coupon free shipping). Searches increased throughout the holiday season beginning in October and culminated during the week ending Dec 18, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interest increasing for tablets</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/01/06/interest-increasing-for-tablets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/01/06/interest-increasing-for-tablets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audience Segmentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Appliances & Electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Electronics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week at the CES show in Vegas, tablet computers are all the rage with a number of new product announcements. With predictions from Forrester Research that 2011 will be &#8216;The Year of the Tablet&#8217;, we analyzed consumer demand for the marketplace in terms of branded tablet searches. Based upon a portfolio of the names [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday retail gets more social</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/01/05/holiday-retail-gets-more-social/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/01/05/holiday-retail-gets-more-social/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audience Segmentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Facebook ranked as the #1 website in the US, retailers have been increasingly turning to social media to communicate with current and potential customers, particularly during the critical holiday shopping season. As a traffic driver, the Social Networking and Forums category ranked 3rd overall behind Search Engines and cross-shopping across other retailers in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retail traffic up throughout holidays</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/12/28/retail-traffic-up-throughout-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/12/28/retail-traffic-up-throughout-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Appliances & Electronics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/12/28/retail-traffic-up-throughout-holidays/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite fears after two previous lackluster seasons, initial holiday shopping reports are positive and consumers were back to spending again in 2010. One indicator of consumers&#8217; intent to buy was increased traffic to the Retail 500 throughout the holiday season. Thanksgiving weekend offered a strong start, especially as Black Friday sales continued to grow in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPod Touch and iPad Top Electronics Searches</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/12/22/ipod-touch-and-ipad-top-electronics-searches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/12/22/ipod-touch-and-ipad-top-electronics-searches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Electronics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/12/22/ipod-touch-and-ipad-top-electronics-searches/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Consumer electronics and gadgets are always popular holiday gifts and this season the iPod Touch, iPad and Amazon&#8217;s Kindle were among the top search terms for CE products over the past 4 weeks. The analysis is based upon a portfolio of over 16,000 products in the consumer electronics category to measure consumer demand. While these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Shopping Coupon Searches</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/12/21/holiday-shopping-coupon-searches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/12/21/holiday-shopping-coupon-searches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/12/21/holiday-shopping-coupon-searches/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Visits to retailers have been higher each week during the 2010 holiday season as compared to last year (8% increase for the week ending Dec. 18th, 2010) and coupled with the higher traffic are searches for coupons and promotional codes. Shoppers have become accustomed to so many deals and discounts being available, that they quickly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing excitement online for Black Friday</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/11/24/growing-excitement-online-for-black-friday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/11/24/growing-excitement-online-for-black-friday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/11/24/growing-excitement-online-for-black-friday/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Time to set the alarm clocks for 4am &#8211; Black Friday is almost here! Holiday shoppers are already researching the Black Friday promotions with searches around Black Friday up 31% and the share of visits to Black Friday websites up 18% last week over the week before Thanksgiving and Black Friday last year. The top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retailers Captured Increased Black Friday Search Traffic</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/11/04/retailers-captured-increased-black-friday-search-traffic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/11/04/retailers-captured-increased-black-friday-search-traffic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/11/04/retailers-captured-increased-black-friday-search-traffic/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Websites that aggregate Black Friday deals from retailers always start to garner more attention in the weeks building up to the Thanksgiving weekend as consumers start to research upcoming holiday purchases. Early shoppers have already started seeking information around Black Friday promotions, driving the market share of visits to increase 12% last week as compared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Friday Search Activity</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/10/27/black-friday-search-activity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/10/27/black-friday-search-activity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/10/27/black-friday-search-activity/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s only almost Halloween, but holiday shopping season will soon be upon us. Every year the weekend that includes both Thanksgiving and Black Friday acts as the official kick-off for holiday shopping &#8211; even though some shoppers start as early as August. The heavy promotional activity that takes place on Black Friday lures many shoppers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Zhu Zhu Hamsters This Christmas?</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/09/10/more-zhu-zhu-hamsters-this-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/09/10/more-zhu-zhu-hamsters-this-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/09/10/more-zhu-zhu-hamsters-this-christmas/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is last year&#8217;s hottest toy ready to make a comeback with a new look? Zhu Zhu Pets were all the rage during the holidays last year causing retailers to run out of inventory and allowing eBay sellers the chance to profit from the high demand and scarcity. Now the hamsters have a new set of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social network impact for retailers</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/01/29/social-network-impact-for-retailers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/01/29/social-network-impact-for-retailers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/01/29/social-network-impact-for-retailers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Social networking has become the most popular activity online and visits to the category represented 13% of all US Internet visits in December. As the social networking audience continues to grow, the category has become a major source of traffic for retailers, surpassing categories such as Rewards and Directories, comprised of comparison shopping tools and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affluent shoppers increase during holidays</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/01/28/affluent-shoppers-increase-during-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/01/28/affluent-shoppers-increase-during-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/01/28/affluent-shoppers-increase-during-holidays/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, during our Holiday Recap webinar, we examined how the demographic profiles of the visitors to the Retail 500 shifted in 2009 as compared to the previous year. When looking at the household income of visitors during the peak weeks of the holiday seasons, there was an increase in those earning $100k and over. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Searches aid offline purchases</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/12/16/searches-aid-offline-purchases/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/12/16/searches-aid-offline-purchases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coupons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping and Classifieds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 47.1 percent completed by this time last year. With just over two weeks left in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Products for 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/12/10/hot-products-for-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/12/10/hot-products-for-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audience Segmentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyber Monday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fast Moving Search Terms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hot Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping and Classifieds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video Games]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is aware by now about the season&#8217;s hottest toy, Zhu Zhu Pets, especially after the brief scare regarding Mr. Squiggles toxicity (he has been fully exonerated). This year&#8217;s other runaway hit and hard to find item is the Mindflex game which features a maze where you levitate a ball using your mind (definitely check [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online holiday shopping season underway</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/12/02/online-holiday-shopping-season-underway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/12/02/online-holiday-shopping-season-underway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyber Monday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Holiday shopping is in full swing now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us&#8230; sort of. Overall, visits to the Retail 500 were down on Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday as compared to last year. Visits declined by 15% on Thanksgiving and by 9% on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday shopping with social networks</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/12/01/holiday-shopping-with-social-networks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/12/01/holiday-shopping-with-social-networks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyber Monday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 holiday shopping season. The share of downstream traffic to the Retail 500 coming from both [...]]]></description>
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