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The Data Dump

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Survey Profiles Last-Minute Shoppers

Media Reach: 9
Sample Frame: 8
Interview Bias: 2
Chronology of Interviews: 10
How do the media interpret the results: 6
How do the media present the results to the public: 6
PR factor: 10
Public perception: 9
Weighting of data: 6
Sponsored survey: 9
Survey method: 9

Data Dump Index: 84/100

I encourage marketers who need to profile habits/attitudes of impulsive and procrastinating consumers to plow through the data from this survey of last-minute holiday shoppers. There's highly objective evidence here on why they buy during the year-end holiday rush and it's tied nicely to some personal demographics, including religious beliefs. We regret there's no deep dive, however, into the Black Friday shopper segment.