Posts Tagged ‘ Retail ’
Quite possibly the first octopus to receive death threats (first from Argentina fans, now German fans), Paul the Octopus (or “Oktopus Orakel”) has catapulted into fame after correctly predicting the winner for all six of the German matches in the World Cup. Although yesterday’s prediction about Spain winning the semi-finals has probably made Paul the [...][ READ MORE ]
The latest craze among kids these days are bracelets (bands) in various shapes and themes such as animals, sports or letters. A recent article in AdAge discussed how marketers are hoping to take advantage of their popularity by creating branded bands for sports teams and entertainment companies such as Disney and Marvel Comics. While the [...][ READ MORE ]
Canadian internet visits to House and Garden websites were up 16% year over year last week (week to 1st May 2010). House and Garden is one of the largest retail categories based on share of internet visits in Canada, ranking as the 5th largest category last week (behind Classifieds, Rewards and Directories, Auctions and Department [...][ READ MORE ]
Social commerce and group buying has become increasingly popular these days, on Tuesday, The New York Times reported that Groupon received an investment of $135 million dollars from Digital Sky Technologies. Additionally, last month, another group buying website, LivingSocial, received an investment of $25 million dollars. With investors eager to back companies in this space, [...][ READ MORE ]
The economic downturn in the US had a strong impact upon consumers and resulted in a decline in discretionary spending for nearly two years. However in March, retailers started to report increased sales, signaling that consumer confidence may be increasing and shoppers are willing to start making purchases again. One sector that was among the [...][ READ MORE ]
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 [...][ READ MORE ]
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. [...][ READ MORE ]
Google’s Nexus One phone is a direct competitor to Apple’s iPhone and the battle lines are being drawn. As illustrated below, the launch of the Nexus One attracted a great deal of excitement online, with searches for “nexus one” accounting for 1 in every 14,000 US Internet searches the week to January 9, 2010. As [...][ READ MORE ]
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 [...][ READ MORE ]
Everyone is aware by now about the season’s hottest toy, Zhu Zhu Pets, especially after the brief scare regarding Mr. Squiggles toxicity (he has been fully exonerated). This year’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 [...][ READ MORE ]
