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What impact did Target's sponsored Twitter trend have on its business for Black Friday?
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
What impact did Target's sponsored Twitter trend have on its business for Black Friday?
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
Black Friday Roundup: Here's What We Know So Far
Let's take quick survey of what we know so far regarding the (over-)hyped Black Friday.
The most commonly-cited statistics are coming from ShopperTrak, which hints at a fairly mediocre day with just 0.3% growth from last year. On the other hand, growth through the first half of November was 6.1%, suggesting retailers began their aggressive promotions earlier.
The traditional kick off to the holiday shopping season provided mixed messages to retailers as Black Friday sales showed a very slight increase over last year despite record spending for the day 0.3 percent increase versus the same period in 2009. According to ShopperTrak, retail sales increased a very slight 0.3 percent versus last year with consumers spending $10.69 billion in various retail locations. Comparatively sales on Black Friday 2009 increased 0.5 percent versus Black Friday 2008, with $10.66 billion spent.
ShopperTrak’s data shows early holiday sales and door buster promotions impacted Friday’s performance as the company saw some unexpected strength in early November – as sales and traffic for the first two weeks of the month through Nov. 13 increased 6.1 and 6.2 percent respectively versus the same two week period in 2009. ShopperTrak founder Bill Martin says this early boost could impact retail performance beyond Black Friday and into the weeks leading into Super Saturday.
Other groups have different numbers. The National Retail Federation is more positive-sounding regarding the whole weekend.
WSJ:
The number of people who shopped stores and online between Thursday and Sunday jumped 8.7% to 212 million shoppers, according to a National Retail Federation survey of 4,306 shoppers conducted by BIGresearch. The total amount spent during the four-day weekend reached an estimated $45 billion, with the average spending rising 6.4% to $365.34, the survey showed.
Here's another bullish nugget:
As a sign that shoppers are more comfortable to spend beyond the basics, the number of people who purchased jewelry over the weekend rose substantially, from 11.7% last year to 14.3% this year, the NRF said, adding more people purchased gift cards, toys, and books and electronic entertainment than a year ago. The survey also showed men outspending women this weekend.
The full announcement from the NRF can be found here.
What about online-only?
This table from comScore is interesting. Thanksgiving-day sales grew WAY more than Black Friday sales
Not surprisingly, Amazon crushed it again:
Also bear in mind that according to the Fed, Q3 e-commerce grew by 14% yoy, so the 13% gain in e-commerce sales through November so far is slightly below general growth. The following chart of YOY e-commerce growth rates gives a nice sense of the ongoing maturation of this sector.
As for some micro-impressions, Brian Sozzi at WStreet.com has published a good roundup of direct-from-the-mall observations.
Among the winners he observed: The Gap, Abercombie & Fitch, Urban Outfitters.
Losers: Bebe, Hot Topic, and various furniture stores.
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Black Friday Roundup: Here's What We Know So Far
Comment on Black Friday Poll: What Are You Buying Today? by Andrew
Purchased a Drobo and 2 1TB WD Green drives this weekend.
Comment on Black Friday Poll: What Are You Buying Today? by Andrew
Backlink: http://gigaom.com/video/black-friday-poll-what-are-you-buying-today/#comment-525997
Friday, November 26, 2010
Friday Geonews: One-Click StreetView, Buffers in Lat-Long, Books, Location Privacy, Map of Global Debt, and much more
The Friday geonews in batch mode, including anything pertinent that we haven't shared yet.
On the Google front:
- Google announced single-click StreetView navigation
- Last March was announced that Google Mapplets were on their way out, their annihilation plan begun
- The GEB shares an entry on animated 3D models in Google Earth
- There will soon be bike directions for many Canadian cities in Google Maps
On the ESRI front:
- An entry on a mosaic image finder addin for ArcMap
In the miscellaneous category:
- MDA released a National Urban Change Indicator for the U.S.
- Here's an interesting entry (it must be since its involves Slartibartfast ;-) on removing complexities of complex polygons
- Here's an entry showing us what happens when you compute circular buffers in geographic coordinates
- If you're looking for geobooks to give at Christmas, The Map Room shares lists of geospatial-related books released this year
- There's also a new book named Preservation in Digital Cartography, co-authored by Tracey P. Lauriault, Peter L. Pulsifer and D.R. Fraser Taylor
- This entry explains why location privacy is different from privacy
In the maps category:
- From numerous sources, here's a one-minute video of the last 88 years of presidential election results in the U.S.
- The Map Room offers a long review the ninth edition of the National Geographic Atlas of the World
- The Economist shares an informative and scary interactive map of the global public debt
- In the same vein, GeoCurrents shares an entry named the So-Called Happy Planet Index, which includes a map
- The Strange Maps blog shares a Map of the World's Countries Rearranged by Population
"Target bought the "Black Friday" trend on Twitter; Wal-Mart is trending nationwide for free." -- tweet from WSJ's Z...
"Target bought the "Black Friday" trend on Twitter; Wal-Mart is trending nationwide for free." -- tweet from WSJ's Zach Seward
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Black Friday: Apple’s ‘Special One-day Shopping Event’
Apple has announced a Black Friday sale for the UK market, also, as has Amazon which is offering a series of lightening offers in the US and the UK.
Black Friday: Apple’s ‘Special One-day Shopping Event’
Backlink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DTWB/~3/wGVKt-tBUxI/
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Friday Geonews: ESRI's Open Source Geoportal Server, Yahoo Local Offers, REST Explained Again, MapQuest My Maps, and much more
Here's the weekly batch of geonews, finally on a regular Friday.On the ESRI front:
- Recently, ESRI open sourced the ESRI Geoportal Server. Some twitter users were quick to mention that you still need ArcGIS Server software to use the Geoportal Server. To me, that's still a nice step. Their definition of a geoportal: "A geoportal is a gateway to Web-based geospatial resources, enabling users to discover, view and access geospatial information and services made available by their providing organizations. Likewise, data providers can use the geoportal to make their geospatial resources discoverable, viewable, and accessible to others."
- The popular blog SpatiallyAdjusted shares some elements that could be improved about the ArcGIS 10 user interface
On the open source front:
- O'Reilly discusses a new open source software called WEAVE (Web-based Analysis and Visualization Environment), which obviously include a mapping component
- If you're into FDO, you'll be happy to learn of the new SequentialProcess for batch mode processing
- QGIS gets new label tools
- Remember Polymaps? The open source mapping framework Polymaps is now integrated into GeoCommons
In the miscellaneous category:
- REST and RESTful was widely discussed in the past few years in the geospatial community, including within ESRI, the open source and OGC rings. Thanks to this entry named Richardson Maturity Model: steps toward the glory of REST, I think I finally correctly understand what REST is about! ;-) (sorry I don't remember how I ended up on that article)
- TMR informs us MapQuest launched My Maps last June, with the same name of the similar feature provided on Google Maps, basically allowing you to save and share user-created maps
- SS shares a long perspective entry named What forces are at play in the evolution of geospatial industry sectors?
- NAVTEQ acquires the 3D modeling company named PixelActive
- APB informs us Yahoo has launched a new service called Local Offers: "that it said will give users information about local merchants along with coupons and information on deals at stores in their neighborhoods."
- Kurt shares interesting thoughts on GIS, followed by What is GIS? A workflow definition
In the maps category:
- Here's the evolution of active Facebook users by region
- A nice entry on The Human Development Index in Africa and Across the World
- SS shares an entry named Mapping Opportunity in America
- While I was aware of it, we mentioned mentioned it yet. The GEB discusses the USGS "Earth as Art" beautiful collection of Landsat imagery
Post originale: http://slashgeo.org/2010/11/19/Friday-Geonews-ESRIs-Open-Source-Geoportal-Server-Yahoo-Local-Offers-REST-Explained-Again
Slashgeo: Friday Geonews: ESRI's Open Source Geoportal Server, Yahoo Local Offers, REST Explained Again, MapQuest My Maps, and much more
Here's the weekly batch of geonews, finally on a regular Friday.On the ESRI front:
- Recently, ESRI open sourced the ESRI Geoportal Server. Some twitter users were quick to mention that you still need ArcGIS Server software to use the Geoportal Server. To me, that's still a nice step.
Post originale: http://slashgeo.org/2010/11/19/Friday-Geonews-ESRIs-Open-Source-Geoportal-Server-Yahoo-Local-Offers-REST-Explained-Again
Monday, November 15, 2010
Friday Fun, developer tools and resources for Geo Devs – tips from Google, GeoIQ and Nokia
Some Friday Developer tips… Here’s a tip received from Google Maps Tech evangelist, Mano Marks (via facebook) as his slides from a recent presentation at Google Developer Day 2010 in Moscow titled “New Features in Google Geo” are now available for viewing… enjoy! Speaking of Google, check out this video from New Orleans showing off [...]
Post originale: http://blog.gisuser.com/?p=8056
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Friday Geonews: Google Maps Data API Deprecated, Nicaragua Raid Using Google Maps, Russia LULC with 12,000 L5 Scenes, and more
Here's the recent geonews in batch mode.
On the Google front:
- The Maps Data API is being deprecated, replaced by Fusion Tables in the Maps API v3
- In addition to the Maps API for Flash, Styled Maps launched for the Static Maps API
- There was an imagery update this week for Google Maps and Earth
- Google also previewed StreetView imagery for Germany
- There's an official Panoramio Photo Contest
On the FOSS4G front:
- The next version of QGIS will feature raster masks, explained in this entry
- GeoServer gets a new file chooser
In the miscellaneous category:
- Slashdot started a discussion today named Nicaragua Raids Costa Rica, Blames Google Maps
- The GEB details Breadcrumbs, a software to visualize your GPS tracks in 3D
- The Russians are serious mapping land use land cover, with 12,000 Landsat-5 scenes acquired in 2010
- TMR shares a review of the DeLorme GPS/Communicator Combo
- DigitalGlobe is reporting is third consecutive down quarter
- Everyblock released their API
In the maps category:
- A quick look at this map with a reversed Mercator effect for Africa and Greenland makes obvious how maps projections can be misleading, especially the omnipresent Mercator projection
Post originale: http://slashgeo.org/2010/11/05/Friday-Geonews-Google-Maps-Data-API-Deprecated-Nicaragua-Raid-Using-Google-Maps-Russia-LU
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Friday Geonews: ArcGIS API for Android Coming, Safe and Bentley News, ProtectedPlanet.net, and more
Here's the Friday geonews in batch mode, or more precisely, the geonews that were not already shared earlier this week.
On the ESRI front:
- After ArcGIS API for iOS, it's not surprising to learn about ArcGIS For Android And ArcGIS API For Android Coming Soon
- V1 reviews Michael Zeiler's new book named "Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Concepts"
In the miscellaneous category:
- Bing Maps is now a component of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
- V1 sums up various news regarding Bentley (think Microstation) products
- Here's a Safe Software User Meeting Recap
- In the U.S., there's a new National TOD (Transit-Oriented Development) Database
- APB has an entry on Garmin's attempt to monetize geocaching
In the map category:
- Here's a map of U.S. foreign military bases
- TMR has an entry on the true size of Africa, since most of us are often mislead by the Mercator projection
- Here's an entry on ProtectedPlanet.net, mapping 150,000 of the world's protected areas
- Like in some other countries, you will need to register to do mapping activities in Pakistan
Post originale: http://slashgeo.org/2010/10/22/Friday-Geonews-ArcGIS-API-Android-Coming-Safe-and-Bentley-News-ProtectedPlanetnet-and-mor
Slashgeo: Friday Geonews: ArcGIS API for Android Coming, Safe and Bentley News, ProtectedPlanet.net, and more
Here's the Friday geonews in batch mode, or more precisely, the geonews that were not already shared earlier this week.
Post originale: http://slashgeo.org/2010/10/22/Friday-Geonews-ArcGIS-API-Android-Coming-Safe-and-Bentley-News-ProtectedPlanetnet-and-mor
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