Today comScore released its Top 50 sites and more shopping related traffic data. Here are two charts that are noteworthy:

The chart above shows that branded retailer sites are gaining strongly. This is mostly “local” traffic — people looking at products and then largely going into stores to buy. Accordingly the ShopLocal content is generally about deals in local stores (content that appears in newspaper circulars). In addition, the table below shows how, as a category, coupons have become enormously popular in this bad economy.

See also: The New Coupon Chic.
December 18, 2008 at 4:03 pm |
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