Posts Tagged ‘ Shopping and Classifieds ’
Ever since First Lady Michelle Obama hit the press circuit, there has been a fascination with her clothing choices. Mrs. Obama’s selections from retailers like J Crew, White House Black Market and Talbots, that are affordable and obtainable by many Americans has caused lots of interest in mimicking her fashion choices. Yesterday, Time even asked [...][ READ MORE ]
The countdown is on for retailers looking to capture Mother’s Day spending with 10 shopping days left (11 if you are the same-day delivery type, if so – buy online, pick-up in-store is for you). According to the National Retail Federation, spending on Mother’s Day gifts is expected to be lower this year due to [...][ READ MORE ]
Back in January, Circuit City announced ceasing all operations, so we thought it would be interesting to analyze which retailers have benefited from their exit in the market. The brand Circuit City is very well known and drove a significant share of searches from consumers using the name to navigate. As a result of the [...][ READ MORE ]
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 [...][ READ MORE ]
At Hitwise our clients are always discovering new trends within our data and then applying them to their own businesses. From those findings we frequently get asked by clients to let them post their findings to our research blog to share actionable findings from their discoveries. Today, I am happy to introduce guest blogger, James [...][ READ MORE ]
An article about the success of the Snuggie in AdAge on Monday prompted me to compare the popularity of the two competing ‘blankets with arms’ – the Snuggie and the Slanket. I’m sure everyone has been plagued with the problem of cold arms when tasked with any type of activity while using a blanket, so [...][ READ MORE ]
On Friday, Circuit City announced that the company is closing 567 stores and will be laying off more than 30,000 workers. During the holiday season, despite being one the top visited websites among the Retail 500 on Thanksgiving (#5), Black Friday (#7), and Cyber Monday (#9), there was a decline in the market share of [...][ READ MORE ]
Search engines accounted for the largest share of upstream traffic to the Retail 500 ahead of cross-shopping on other retail websites and email during the holiday months of November and December. An integral part of every retailer’s marketing strategy; the share of visits being referred by the combination of paid and organic search has grown [...][ READ MORE ]
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 [...][ READ MORE ]
Despite survey results to the contrary and concerns of their viability in times of economic uncertainty, Internet searches for gift cards continue to surge this holiday season . If we look at the following chart of search term volume on “gift cards” we see that while we are experiencing a slight decrease over the previous [...][ READ MORE ]
