First to Link Automated Keyword Bidding with Live Inventory Data; Helps Retailers Predict Top-Selling Holiday Products

LAS VEGAS – Just in time for the competitive online holiday shopping season, Adlucent announced the release of a new version of the industry’s first search engine marketing (SEM) platform designed to help online retailers grow revenue and profits by automatically adjusting their search advertising campaigns based on real-time inventory levels, product popularity, and search query trends.
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Sport & Fitness Ranks as Top-Growing Online Category for the Season
 
RESTON, VA – comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, released online spending data by category for the online holiday shopping season, which showed that trends in online spending outperformed offline in several key product categories. The study compared comScore e-commerce data to overall (online and offline) consumer spending data published by MasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse Unit for the period of Nov. 1 – Dec. 24 vs. year ago. SpendingPulse is an information service provided by MasterCard Advisors, a subsidiary of MasterCard Worldwide. A macro-economic indicator, SpendingPulse reports on national retail and service sales and is based on aggregate sales activity in the MasterCard payments network, coupled with estimates for all other payment forms, including cash and check.
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Despite Weak Season Apple, Amazon, Wal-Mart and Sears Post Traffic Increases
 
RESTON, VA – comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, reported its tracking of holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the holiday shopping season, beginning November 1 and ending December 23, the last day to purchase online with the possibility of delivery by Christmas Eve. Online spending reached $25.5 billion during that period, down 3 percent versus the corresponding shopping days in 2007.
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Sales Since Cyber Monday Up 9 Percent Versus Year Ago

RESTON, VA – comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, reported its tracking of holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 35 days of the November – December 2008 holiday season. For the holiday season through December 5, $14.92 billion has been spent online, essentially the same level compared to the corresponding days last year. For the five days beginning with December 1 (Cyber Monday), the kick-off to the heaviest part of the online shopping season, sales totaled $3.74 billion, up 9 percent versus year ago. Two individual days in the past week achieved more than $800 million in online spending: Monday, December 1 (“Cyber Monday”) with $846 million, and Tuesday, December 2 with $823 million.
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Upcoming ‘Cyber Monday’ Represents Strong Historical Bellwether for Total Holiday Season E-Commerce Spending

RESTON, VA, November 30, 2008 – comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported its tracking of holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 28 days of the November – December 2008 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $10.41 billion has been spent online, marking a 4-percent decline versus the corresponding days last year, while Black Friday saw $534 million in online spending, up 1 percent. For the combination of Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday, online sales were up 2 percent relative to last year.
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