- Google and the Case of the Exploding Ads
- Industry Buzz & Snippets: 11/20/08
- 1/5 of Marketers Send Emails After Users Unsubscribe
- Google, P&G Conduct Labor-Swap
- Affiliates: Commission, Product & Brand Most Crucial
- MSFT to Pass on YHOO — But Search Might Do, Ballmer Says
- Mobile Users Tolerate Ads for Lower Bill
- 'Hyper-local' CitySearch: Facebook-, Mobile-Friendly
- Gift Card Spend Drops as Holiday Shoppers Chase Deals
- Samsung Unveils 115 ‘Charging Stations’ at Major Airports
- One-Fifth of Marketers Send Emails Even After Consumers Unsubscribe
- Volvo Gets HD as Standard across Models
- ‘Cottage Living’ Folds
- ‘Project Runway’ Look-Alike Comes to Bravo while Lifetime Twiddles Thumbs
- Forbes Combines Print, Web
- Moms More Stressed, Worried about Kids
- Economy Gooses Some Magazines to Growth, Others Hunker Down
- Arbitron Continues to Fight for Smaller Markets
- Google Nears 72% of U.S. Searches in October
- Online Time Critical to Teen Learning, Development
- Q3 Internet Ad Revenues at Nearly $5.9 Billion
- Journalists Use New Media More than PR Pros Think
- US Mobile-Ad Viewers Top 100 Million in Q3
- Consumer Shopping Backlash Could Reverse ‘Misery Effect’
- Top 10 Brands Advertised on Radio - Week of 11-10-08
- Top 10 Financial Services Online Advertisers by Image-Based Impressions - October 2008
- Top 10 Cable TV Show Websites - Week Ended 11-15-08
- One-Fifth of Marketers Send Emails Even after Consumers Unsubscribe
- Majority of Mobile Users Would View Ads to Get Bill Discount
Home Depot
Home Depot, Lowe’s Report Sinking Profits
The home improvement sector - one of the first to feel the bite of the downturned economy - continues to suffer from lower demand for home products as consumer spending nears a freeze, writes MarketWatch.
Home Depot, the biggest home improvement retailer, reported a 31% drop in third-quarter net income, from $1.09 billion ($0.60/share) in 3Q07 to $756 million ($0.45/share). Overall, sales fell...
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State of U.S. Same Store Sales - October 2008 Data Update
RetailerDaily has compiled comparable store sale data from the SEC filings of ten major U.S. retailers spanning 2007 and 2008 up to the most recently released October numbers. The data excludes fuel sales (which would have distorted numbers because of high gas inflation in 2008) and is available in Excel format from the link below:
Among the highlights this year, Wal-Mart shows more...
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August Website Traffic: Home Depot Up, Dell Down
The number of unique visitors to The Home Depot’s website in August increased 24% from Aug. ‘07, but traffic to Dell fell 12% in the same period, according to Nielsen Online data published by Internet Retailer.
Online DVD service Netflix’s unique-visitor numbers increase 19%, and traffic to the websites of consumer electronics retailers Circuit City and Best Buy also went up, 17% and 15%,...
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Home Depot Purchasing Goes Local
Home Depot has decentralized its purchasing system to put local customer preferences over national uniformity, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Early last year, Frank Blake took control of the company and decentralized the purchasing system after he noticed a row of unsold riding lawn mowers outside of a store in Arizona, where lush lawns are uncommon.
The previous system, put in place in 2001...
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‘EBay’ and ‘Webkinz’ Top Most-Searched Lists
Nearly 17 million searches were conducted for the term “ebay” in August, according to data from 58 representative search engines tracked by Nielsen Online, writes Internet Retailer.
Discount retailers “walmart” and “target” trailed, with about 4.5 million and 2.9 million searches, respectively.
Top 10 Retailer Searches
1. ebay, 16,917,000
2. walmart, 4,487,000
3. target, 2,855,000
4. home...
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Home Depot Helps Hurricane-Stricken Areas
The Home Depot has joined the ranks of home product retailers that are pledging money to the hurricane relief and preparation efforts on the Gulf Coast.
The funds, sent directly to the American Red Cross, are designated not only for Hurricane Gustav’s aftermath but also impending storms Hanna, Ike, and Josephine throughout the Southeastern US.
Some 650 Home Depot associates received financial...
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Home Depot Inks Credit Card Deal with Citigroup
A new credit card agreement with Citigroup will help Home Depot stabilize and lower fixed costs from its credit card portfolio, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The portfolio consists of a private-label credit card - used for about 30% of all Home Depot sales - and Home Depot-branded MasterCard, a points-based, no-fee, loyalty credit card.
The business was costing Home Depot several...
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Best Buy Tops List of Tech E-Retailers in July
Traffic to BestBuy.com approached 14 million in July as it topped the list for multi-category computers and electronics shopping destinations, according to Nielsen Online (via Internet Retailer).
Gamestop.com, however, had the highest growth rate (70%), leaping to 3.24 million unique visitors from last year’s 1.9 million. NewEgg.com followed, with a 58% growth rate from July ‘07.
Below, the...
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Home Depot Q2 Profit Falls 24%, Target Also Down
Though Home Depot beat second-quarter estimates due to cost-cutting and consumer interest in spring projects, sales declined (-5%) for the eighth straight quarter, Reuters reports. Net earnings plummeted 24% to $1.2 billion.
Same-store sales fell 7.9% and the average purchase dipped to $57.58 (-1.2%).The largest home improvement retailer still expects per-share profit to fall about 24% this year...
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Top 100 Retailers List Announced
Technology and entertainment companies were common newcomers to STORES magazine’s Top 100 Retailers list, as Apple Stores/iTunes (#52), Dell Retail (#56), Verizon Wireless (#61), and AT&T Wireless (#81) made their debut, the NRF said.
The annual list ranks companies by revenue in one grouping regardless of the segment or segments in which they operate.
Wal-Mart held its No. 1 position - where...
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