Traffic growth negative - time to shape up

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4 commentsWednesday, October 15, 2008

Hitwise Issues Online Retail Warning

Traffic growth negative - time to shape up

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By JaanKanellis (WPN reader) - Thu, 10/16/2008 - 12:00

dumb people

"consumers will be able save time, gas, and possibly the money that would go towards sales taxes by just shopping from home this season. "

I cant believe it takes an economic meltdown to tell people to save money by buying online, dumb.

By Local Business Marketing (WPN reader) - Wed, 10/15/2008 - 18:00

Christmas to Save Online Retailers

Although traffic is down on a year by year basis online retailers will be fine as Christmas is such a popular time for them. Once we reach November I'm sure the traffic will pick up to similar levels as last year. The interesting time will be after the January sales as that's when people will be making big cutbacks.

By trasylol lawyer houston (WPN reader) - Wed, 10/15/2008 - 09:53

Well I think you're going to

Well I think you're going to continue to see online retailers feel the pinch as the economy slows. Still, as you pointed out they will fare better online than in their store locations