Shopping Cart Abandonment Rate Statistics
Click to enlarge: Complete graphic after the jump Infographic by – Website Optimization Company Invesp
Books Bought By Big Picture Readers (April 2012)
Click to enlarge: I always find it interesting to see which books TBP readers are buying. In addition to throwing off minor referral revenue, the Amazon embed code lets me track every click from these links — how many people look at the page, how many books gt collectively purchased. Its anonymous — I don’t...
CRB Index Back to 1749 – Present
Click to enlarge: Source: Bianco Research L.L.C. Charts Of The Week, April 11, 2012 > One of my favorite long term charts looking at the cost of commodities spanning over the past 2 and half centuries . . .
Books Bought By Big Picture Readers (March 2012)
Click to enlarge: > Each month, we look at the books purchased by readers of TBP. This is hardly an objective or fair list — thy tend to include items I have mentioned (and can therefore track at Amazon). Additionally, this list itself has become somewhat incestuous, as appearance here leads to more sales, which...
Is the U.S. Consumers Stronger Than Expected?
Jeff Macke and I debate Retail Sales: > This is a treasured Jeff Mack Original: > Source: U.S. Consumers Stronger Than Expected: Barry Ritholtz Isn’t Buying It
Books Bought By Big Picture Readers (February 2012)
Click to enlarge: I always find it interesting to see which books TBP readers are buying. In addition to throwing off minor referral revenue, the Amazon embed code lets me track every click from these links — how many people look at the page, how many books gt collectively purchased. Its anonymous — I don’t...
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Oil Prices
Click to enlarge: The Financial Times – Obama pressed to open emergency oil stocks The Obama administration is coming under growing pressure to cool petrol prices by releasing emergency stocks of oil. However, critics say this would be the wrong response to the wrong problem at the wrong time. The oil price surge has increased...
Colbert: Surrender to a Buyer Power
By using predictive analytics, Target doesn’t just track when customers buy sheets, they know what customers are doing between the sheets.
The Word – Surrender to a Buyer Power
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Rising Gasoline Prices Point to Consumer Spending Risk
Bloomberg Briefing, edited by Richard Yamarone, is fast becoming oe of my favorite Bloomberg publications for terminal subscribers. They had an excellent set of charts along with a valid issue concerning rising gasoline prices recently. Here is a brief excerpt: “The 7 percent rise in the price of gasoline combined with future wholesale prices pointing...
NFIB Correlation: Retail Sales & Unemployment Rate
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released its monthly Small Business Economic Trends report this morning. I’ve noted in the past that as an answer to the question, “What is your ‘single biggest problem,’” Poor Sales correlates very highly to the Unemployment Rate (0.88). Poor Sales ticked down again this month, from 23 to...
Mediocre December Retail & the Slowing Economy
“A lot of the euphoria around the holiday shopping season was misplaced. The weakness in December implies that the handoff into the first quarter was weak. The savings rate is going higher and that’s going to be a headwind for consumer spending.” -Neil Dutta, Bank of America economist, who was one of the few who...
Holiday Sales Were Muted; Sears Suffers Setback
Anticipation for a strong holiday season did not bear out as December sales proved lackluster.
If it wasn’t for Autos, retail sales would have been negative.
