With prices rising and the credit crunch biting, consumers are taking more time to find the best deals online.

Of the 10,583,351 websites visited by UK Internet users in September, Facebook was the second most popular after Google UK. The number one social network in Britain received 3.16% of all UK...

I recently heard a Ad Age podcast interviewing Suzanne Grimes of Reader's Digest Food & Entertainment Group discussing an increased interest in recipes and home cooking in the down economy.

Over the last couple of years we’ve highlighted how the websites of high street retailers pick up more traffic than their online only competitors (e.g. Amazon UK, Play.com, ASOS, etc.) at Christmas time. As the chart below illustrates, the growing...

Holiday shopping is in full swing now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us… sort of. Overall, visits to the Retail 500 were down on Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday as compared to last year. Visits declined by 15% on...

Last week, our custom category of 155 Social Networking websites received just over 10% of all US Internet visits. With such a large audience, marketers have flocked to websites like Facebook and Twitter to reach out to consumers during the holiday...

One of the hottest products this year is the Zhu Zhu Pet, an electronic pet hamster that is selling out of retailers all over the country. Searches jumped for ‘zhu zhu’ related-terms last week as compared to the previous week: ‘zhu zhu...

Credit card searches in Australia have picked up from a three year low in May 2009, and were up 24% comparing weeks ending 21 November 2009 and 2 May 2009. This is one indication that consumers may be adopting a less tentative attitude towards their...