Week-End Trends: Back to school continues surprising strength
Email activity and promotional trends during the past week:
The Retail Email Index rose 7% to 214 during the week ending Aug. 22, and is up 7% from where it was four weeks ago. The Index score indicates that the top 100 online retailers sent about 2.1 promotional emails each on average last week.
The Retail Email Participation Rate: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday were all tied for the most popular day to send retail emails last week.
The Retail Email Seasonality Meter: Back-to-school messaging has remained near its peak for a couple of weeks longer than last year. It’s currently nearly 50% stronger than at this time last year. There have been reports of weaker-than-expected back-to-school sales so it appears that retailers are keeping up the messaging to be in a position to make those sales for customers that have deferred them longer than usual.
Other things referenced by retailers: football, Madden ’09, Olympics, fall
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The Retail Email Index rose 7% to 214 during the week ending Aug. 22, and is up 7% from where it was four weeks ago. The Index score indicates that the top 100 online retailers sent about 2.1 promotional emails each on average last week.
The Retail Email Participation Rate: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday were all tied for the most popular day to send retail emails last week.
The Retail Email Seasonality Meter: Back-to-school messaging has remained near its peak for a couple of weeks longer than last year. It’s currently nearly 50% stronger than at this time last year. There have been reports of weaker-than-expected back-to-school sales so it appears that retailers are keeping up the messaging to be in a position to make those sales for customers that have deferred them longer than usual.
Other things referenced by retailers: football, Madden ’09, Olympics, fall
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Labels: Back to School, Halloween, Labor Day, Week-End Trends
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posted at 3:51 PM by Chad White
I love Smith-Harmon's enthusiasm. It's so great to have a connection with people who really "get" and get excited by email marketing. (Truly, there are not that many of us out there!) I count myself very lucky to have found such accomplished enthusiasts to collaborate with on the REI program. They are helping to bring amazing opportunities to fruition with panache.
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