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Getting ready for Halloween email promotion

August 24th, 2012
Posted in Cross-channel marketing

Fall is just around the corner. As the weather begins to cool, marketers are beginning to focus on the first holiday of the Fall season – Halloween. Experian CheetahMail has compiled trends from last year’s Halloween campaigns to help ensure this year’s campaigns are spook-tacular. 2011 Key Trends: Over half of Halloween-related email volume was [...][ READ MORE ]

Stock up on blue paint: Smurfs are Halloween costume favorite

September 28th, 2011
Posted in Consumer Insights

In the lead-up to Halloween, Experian Hitwise data shows searches for variations of “costume” and “costumes” are up about 3% over 2010 (share of search 20 weeks before Halloween through five weeks before Halloween in 2011 vs. 2010). Moreover, as PriceGrabber reports that 73% of American consumers will spend money on a new costume and 50% will purchase Halloween-related décor, the National Retail Federation is anticipating an 18% increase in Halloween-related spending this year over last . This is the perfect time for retailers and content providers to capitalize on web-users’ desire to spend, to save and to get great ideas for Halloween 2011. [ READ MORE ]