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Startup-Watch: A Closer Look at Etsy.com by Damian Roskill

One of the companies I’ve been following for a long time is Etsy.com.  Etsy.com is a website for folks selling craft items – or as they put it “Your place to buy & sell all things handmade.”  More broadly, they are referred to in the startup world as P2P commerce (person-to-person) – similar to eBay […]

The Myth of Advertising Decay by Kyle Johnson

Sometimes, it seems like omniscience.  With our Ad Impact product, we’re able to measure the impact of advertising exposure on online behavior.  Did an ad lead to more visits, searches, sales?  The answer rests comfortably in Compete’s data.  This gives us an enviable perspective on how (and whether!) specific ads and ad strategies work.
But of […]

Who’s ready to bring clicks to bricks? by Drew Fortin

For years people have been asking the question “how does online behavior impact my offline sales?” The question has been asked so much so that an entire industry has been built around trying to find the answer. In comes Compete…
Yesterday, Compete and Cannondale Associates, a marketing and sales management consulting firm, announced a partnership that […]

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Top 10 Visited Black Friday Sites, Nov 1-7 2009
Unique Visitor Site
1,060,756 blackfriday.info
917,597 bfads.net
708,674 theblackfriday.com
480,950 black-friday.net
255141 gottadeal.com
255,141 dealsofamerica.com
113,253 blackfriday.fm
92,484 blackfridayads.com
92,084 blackfriday.com
80,768 tgiblackfriday.com
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11/03/2009 Online traffic increase bodes well for retail sites, Compete says Internet Retailer
10/28/2009 Amazon and Walmart Engage in Price War Over Holiday Book Shoppers WebProNews
9/29/2009 Barnes & Noble's eBook Store Launch Successful, But Hurt by Absence of eReader Hardware Read Write Web
9/29/2009 L.L. Bean leads August web traffic report with a 9.3% conversion rate Internet Retailer
9/28/2009 Zappos, Victoria's Secret Ranked Highest Among Top Apparel Web Sites Retail Info Systems News
9/17/2009 Online Retail: Understanding Marketplace MVI Retail Insights
8/31/2009 Hearst Signs On in Beauty Contest Wall Street Journal
8/28/2009 Mass merchants lead retail categories with a 15% rise in July traffic Internet Retailer
8/27/2009 Back-to-School shoppers hit the web early, but more to research than buy Internet Retailer
8/26/2009 Compete Blog: Back-to-School Shoppers Hit Web Early Retail Wire
8/10/2009 Compete Blog: Cross-Channel Retail - What are online customers doing today? Retail Wire
7/28/2009 Wal-Mart vs. Target: Who’s Winning the Battle for Cash? Retail Info Systems News
6/25/2009 E-Tailers Step Up Analytics To Better Compete MediaPost
6/24/2009 Compete Blog: Target vs. Wal-Mart - Online Conversion Battle Heats Up RetailWire
6/17/2009 Almost half of Target.com shoppers don't finish sales MinnPost
6/9/2009 Search drives more sales, but shoppers think longer before buying Internet Retailer
6/1/2009 As Amazon Readies Kindle DX, Home Page Ads Are Driving Sales MediaPost
5/26/2009 Auctions Fade in eBay's Bid for Growth Wall Street Journal
5/5/2009 Google, Compete Study: Beauty Junkies Addicted to Search MediaPost
5/5/2009 HSN.com leads online mass merchants with March conversion rate of 6% Internet Retailer
4/1/2009 Online retailers see some bright spots amid the downturn Internet Retailer
3/1/2009 Study: EBay Needs to Return to Its Roots ReadWriteWeb
3/1/2009 Turning buzz into honey Internet Retailer
2/24/2009 Amazon Packages Green Site Investor's Business Daily
1/21/2009 Amazon Is Killing eBay The Motley Fool
1/21/2009 Compete Analyzes Amazon's Holiday Success MediaPost
1/12/2009 Huh? Green Monday Amidst Black Friday and Cyber Monday MediaPost
1/7/2009 Older Americans Embrace Technology to Enhance Their Lives, According to a New Study from TNS... Forbes
12/18/2008 Report: Economy May be Slow, but Online Sales are Going Strong ReadWriteWeb
11/14/2008 Can Google and YouTube Help Retailers Download Profits? About.com
11/13/2008 TNS Compete Debuts Online Retail Practice Media Post
11/13/2008 5 Ways to Use the Web Effectively This Holiday Season to Drive Sales eM+C
10/16/2008 Non-branded Internet searches often lead to delayed purchases, study says Internet Retailer
10/16/2008 Exclusive Shopping Websites Catching On Advertising Age
09/29/2008 Are you getting the most from retail search? BizReport
09/26/2008 Retailers Search Report: Use a 'Portfolio' of Search Tactics MediaPost
09/23/2008 Survey Rates Retailers' Online Efforts Chain Store Age
08/21/2008 Borders.com Metrics Blast Off in Post-Amazon Launch RIS News
07/18/2007 Payment options grow, as do security requirements Internet Retailer
05/18/2007 PayPal Express looks for more pals as it battles Google Checkout Internet Retailer
01/17/2008 E-retailers pushing the envelope in alternative marketing, experts say Internet Retailer
01/30/2007 Will really Wii Win the War? Gaming Blog
01/25/2007 Total Access Gives Blockbuster Credibility To Compete With Netflix Seeking Alpha
08/24/2006 Amazon Struggling Against Independent Toys "R" Us Seeking Alpha

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