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05 July 2011 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Global retail industry news   Global Industry Watch    CEO: IKEA to cut prices IKEA expects to cut prices on its finished goods by up to 3% this year and about the same next year by continuing to cut costs from the production process in spite of rising commodity costs, said CEO Mikael Ohlsson. Changes such as the recent switch from wooden to cardboard shipping crates have helped the chain realize savings through greater efficiencies. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model)/Dow Jones Newswires (04 Jul.) Australia's retail sales fell unexpectedly in May Retail sales in Australia declined 0.6% in May, surprising economists who predicted a small increase and making it more likely that the country's Reserve Bank will resist increasing interest rates when it meets today. "The Reserve Bank was expecting to see the economy regain momentum in the second quarter and there really is no sign of that happening at the moment," said economist Brian Redican. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (04 Jul.) Other News Abercrombie to open first Hollister store in France Nasdaq.com (02 Jul.) ERP & BI: When 1 + 1 = 3 For the majority of fast growing businesses today spreadsheets are still of vital importance. However, the tide is turning on spreadsheets. In this whitepaper, discover why more and more, fast growing businesses are turning to enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business intelligence (BI) solutions to provide the control and visibility they need.   Retail in Europe    Amazon will acquire U.K.'s Book Depository International Amazon plans to buy the U.K.'s largest online bookseller, Book Depository International, for an undisclosed amount. Book Depository's catalog has more than 6 million titles, and the company ships to 100 countries. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (05 Jul.) Downturn doesn't dampen UK expansion plans for US chains US retailers including Crate & Barrel, Marmot, American Eagle and Victoria's Secret are moving forward with plans to open stores in the UK, despite the downturn that has sent some retailers into administration. "London is a safe bet to begin expansion if you are an overseas retailer. It is seen as a stepping stone to Europe for the US retailers and vice versa for European retailers," said retail real estate expert Hugh Radford. The Independent (London) (03 Jul.) Other News Chipotle plans UK units, eyes Paris and Munich The Independent (London) (03 Jul.) Ad Compliance Best Practices Kit — Stay ahead of consumer concern and government regulation with TRUSTe. Gain an overview of what Behavioral Advertising (OBA) is, why it is important, and what your options are. Insights from the FTC, DAA, TRUSTe, Forbes, Publisher's Clearing House and more. Register Now.   Retail in Asia    Wal-Mart and IKEA lead land-buying trend in China Rising commercial rents in China have big retail chains including Wal-Mart and IKEA abandoning leasing in favor of buying land to build new stores. IKEA invested $1.2 billion to build 5.5 million square feet of new store space in China, and Wal-Mart began buying sites for the first time last year. Bloomberg (04 Jul.) India's Reliance Retail hires 2 former Wal-Mart China executives Reliance Retail has hired former Wal-Mart China executive Rob Cissell as CEO and Shawn Gray as COO respectively. The pair will lead the 1,000-store Indian retailer's growth plans, which include the launch of a cash-and-carry business and diversification of its core retail business. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (05 Jul.) Does Gap needs a new image in China? Gap's expansion plans in China are flagging largely because the US apparel chain's image falls into neither the luxury category that aspirational shoppers crave or the fast-fashion value niche that's helping Japan's Uniqlo thrive, writes China Market Research Group founder Shaun Rein. CNBC (04 Jul.)   Other News NEXT Retail to grow to 1,000 stores this year Business Standard (India) (03 Jul.) Are your Facebook posts being seen? Not getting the results you want? Our Facebook usage data report can help you design and deliver the right content to the right audience at the right time. Eliminate the guesswork and learn when your customers are visiting Facebook and when they'll be the most receptive to your message. 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Google Analytics Benchmarking Newsletter

Google Analytics Benchmarking Newsletter 2011, Volume 1, July 2011

1. Introduction Welcome to the first volume of the Analytics Benchmarking Newsletter! This month, we are replacing the standard "benchmarking" report in your Google Analytics account with data shared in this newsletter. We are using this newsletter as an experiment to surface more useful or interesting data to Analytics users. Data contained here comes from all websites which have opted-in anonymous data sharing with Google Analytics. Only those website administrators which have enabled this anonymous data sharing will receive this "benchmarking" newsletter. You may be wondering, how many websites are in this "anonymous data sharing" pool? Currently, hundreds of thousands, and we've endeavored to make all of the metrics here statistically significant. The date range of comparison for this newsletter is from November 1, 2010 - February 1, 2011. Comparison is done with data from November 1, 2009 - February 1, 2010. Absolute metrics such as total # visits, pageviews, or conversions for all opted-in websites are not reported. To simplify the prose, the phrase "websites" will represent "websites which have opted into anonymous data sharing with Google Analytics" for the rest of this newsletter. 2. Site Metrics Compared to a year ago, websites have seen reduced pages / visit, average time on site, as well as bounce rate. 11/1/09 - 2/1/10 11/1/10 - 2/1/11 Difference Pages/Visit 4.9 4.5 -0.4 Bounce Rate 48.2% 47.0% -1.2% Avg Time on Site 5:49 5:23 -0:26 2.1 Breakdown by Geography Our anonymous database has aggregated geographic breakdown at the country level. Here are a few representative countries and their respective aggregate metrics. The first number in each cell represents the metric for the date range 11/1/10-2/1/11. The parenthesized number is the Year over Year delta compared to a year ago. Country Pages / Visit Bounce Rate Avg Time on Site United States 4.7 (-0.1) 42.5% (-6.1%) 6:06 (-0:10) United Kingdom 4.9 (-0.3) 41.5% (+0.2%) 5:38 (-0.27) France 4.4 (-0.4) 49.7% (+1.4%) 4:40 (-0:08) Brazil 4.1 (-0.1) 47.8% (-2.9%) 5:20 (+0:03) China 4.1 (-0.1) 58.2% (+1.0%) 3:46 (+0:37) Japan 3.9 (-0.1) 48.6% (-9.0%) 3:47 (-2:59) For bounce rate, the distribution by country is plotted below: The distribution above is annotated with some countries -- which seem to indicate a story of leisure and stage of economic development. For a related metric: average time on site, the distribution by country is plotted below: The type of countries annotated in the average time on site graph above seem to be in reverse order as those in the bounce rate distribution. 2.2 Breakdown by Traffic Sources Traffic sources below are identified by how the "source" and "medium""" parameters are received by the Google Analytics collecting servers. Here is an article describing what these designations refer to. Traffic Sources Pages / Visit Bounce Rate Avg Time on Site Direct 4.0 (-0.5) 47.2% (-4.0%) 5:21 (-0:07) Referral 5.0 (+0.1) 43.1% (-1.1%) 6:36 (-1:48) Organic Search 4.9 (-0.1) 47.9% (-1.1%) 4:43 (+0:06) CPC Search 5.6 (+0.0) 41.4 (-1.7%) 3:57(+0:07) 2.4 Conversion Rate Distribution Many marketers' favorite metric is conversion rate. Here is the worldwide distribution of Google Analytics "goal conversion rate" by country. Would anyone have guessed that states which are known for conversions are also high for their citizens' goal conversion rate? Note that for some states with few population, the statistical significance of the conversion metric comes into doubt. 3. Traffic Sources Traffic sources below are identified by how the "source" and "medium" parameters are received by the Google Analytics collecting servers. Here is an article describing what these designations refer to. % Visits from Sources 11/1/09 - 2/1/10 11/1/10 - 2/1/11 Difference Direct 36.5% 36.8% +0.3% Referral 21.0% 19.4% -1.6% Search Engines 27.0% 28.0% +1.0% Other 15.5% 15.8% +0.3% 4. Operating Systems Browsers and Operation Systems (OS) are identified by the "referrer" string sent by users' browsers. % Visits from OS 11/1/09 - 2/1/10 11/1/10 - 2/1/11 Difference Windows 89.9% 84.8% -5.1% Macintosh 4.5% 5.2% +0.7% Linux 0.6% 0.7% +0.1% Other 5% 9.3% +4.3% 5. Comments This is the first volume of our Analytics Benchmarking Newsletter. We hope that it provides useful insights. If you have specific comments or suggestions on how to improve this newsletter, please send your feedback to: analytics-benchmarking@google.com. Happy analyzing, Google Analytics Team

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