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	<title>Hitwise Blog &#187; Thanksgiving</title>
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		<title>Procrastinators Gobble Up Thanksgiving Recipes</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/11/22/procrastinators-gobble-up-thanksgiving-recipes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Rice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving is only a few days away and aspiring chefs are hungrily searching online for holiday recipes. Searches for Thanksgiving and turkey recipes traditionally peak the week of Thanksgiving, indicating that recipe searchers procrastinate and wait until the last minute before planning their feast. Traffic during the 2011 holiday season shows that searches on &#8220;Thanksgiving [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
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		<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>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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Appliances & Electronics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cyber Monday]]></category>
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		<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>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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		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coupons]]></category>
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		<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>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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		<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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		<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>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>
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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>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>
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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>
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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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		<title>Thanksgiving and Black Friday Seasonal Traffic Patterns</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/24/thanksgiving-and-black-friday-seasonal-traffic-patterns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/24/thanksgiving-and-black-friday-seasonal-traffic-patterns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you start hearing about doorbuster sales and stores opening at 5 am, it can mean only one thing &#8211; Thanksgiving and Black Friday are almost upon us again! Retailers started to promote pre-Black Friday sales as early as late October and have been running sales for much of the month of November, but Friday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airfare impact on Thanksgiving travel plans</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/23/airfare-impact-on-thanksgiving-travel-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/23/airfare-impact-on-thanksgiving-travel-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airlines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week at the PhocusWright conference in Orlando, Florida, I had the pleasure of presenting with Rick Seaney, the CEO of FareCompare. One topic that we discussed is the impact of changing airfares and capacity upon the upcoming Thanksgiving travel season. There has been significant coverage in the media about many travelers not flying during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Friday and Cyber Monday Predictions</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/02/black-friday-and-cyber-monday-predictions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/02/black-friday-and-cyber-monday-predictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holiday projections are out and many are predicting a gloomy holiday season for retailers. The NRF forecasts a 1% decline growth in total retail sales for the 2009 holiday season, totaling $437.6 billion. The online channel is poised to fare somewhat better, with Forrester Research projecting an increase of 8% to $44.7 billion. The official [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Charting Favorite: Thanksgiving and Dieting Don&#8217;t Mix</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2005/11/16/a-charting-favorite-thanksgiving-and-dieting-dont-mix/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2005/11/16/a-charting-favorite-thanksgiving-and-dieting-dont-mix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Tancer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we issued the secondpress release in our Hitwise Holiday Series, highlighting the fact that search is driving 48% of visits to the top recipe sites as we approach Thanksgiving. I decided to take this opportunity to pull out one of my favorite charts that demonstrates the trade-off between searches for Thanksgiving Day recipes and [...]]]></description>
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