Consumer Insights

Online retail visits increase 10% heading into the Holiday weekend

Posted on Nov 21 2012 by

As we head into the busiest Holiday shopping weekend the total US visits to the top 500 retail sites increased 10% this past week compared to the same time in 2011. The top 500 retail sites received more than 666.8 million visits for the week ending Nov. 17, 2012. Retail sites have been steadily growing [...]

Quantifying Latino influence

Posted on Nov 21 2012 by

The Latino Influence Project came about because we wanted to prove if Hispanics really are influencing the mainstream or not.

The holidays: family time, home-cooked meals and shopping!

Posted on Nov 21 2012 by

Dana here, getting ready for holiday shopping. While I have a variety on my list, it seems like it’s getting easier to get ideas and get what I need.

Consumer optimism at all time high

Posted on Nov 14 2012 by

Experian Marketing Services Consumer Expectation Index shows positive outlook for 2012 holiday season.

Bill Tancer talks holiday retail deals with Fox Business News

Posted on Nov 14 2012 by

Bill Tancer on Black Friday sales for Fox Business News’ “Markets Now.” Retailers are offering better online deals and we’re seeing consumer optimism.

Hispanic attitudes and behaviors by socioeconomic level

Posted on Nov 01 2012 by

Using data from the Simmons National Hispanic Consumer Study we explore socioeconomic level as it relates to attitudes and behaviors of US Hispanics.

New fall line-up: which TV show viewers are multitasking?

Posted on Oct 29 2012 by

What is the likelihood the viewers of new September television shows use the Internet via their computer while watching these programs?

Second presidential debate spawns new Internet meme

Posted on Oct 23 2012 by

The second presidential debate took place on Tuesday, Oct. 16th and both the Obama and Romney websites saw increases in total US visits the day after the second debate as Obama’s site saw a 41% increase and Romney’s site saw a 33% increase.

Checking in on value qualifiers – we’re still cheap

Posted on Oct 19 2012 by

Checking in on value qualifiers such as “discount,” “coupon” and “deal” we see that the number of search variations has remained constant

Google share of searches at 65% in September 2012

Posted on Oct 18 2012 by

Google accounted for 65.26% of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending September 29, 2012 according to Experian Marketing Services.