British Columbia, Sonoma, Santa Barbara, WA top wine club net member growth. Rest of Calif below average

June 21, 2018 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Online ad server companies like Doubleclick plagued by “bad actors” — malware, scammers, fraudsters

Ad blockers make these ads invisible to nearly 40% of online visitors. Sites like Wine Industry Insight that manually codes its ads and serves them locally without tracking devices or any other personal data violations do not have these risks and issues. Source: eMarketer

June 20, 2018 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Most in U.S. say consuming AlcBevs & cannabis OK (19% still say alcohol is immoral)

Source: Gallup

June 19, 2018 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Users hate sites/apps that track them. They will hate you too for using personal data to target ads

Source: eMarketer

June 18, 2018 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Good recommendations could reduce wine club churn & increase direct sales. But overall, suggestions are so bad, only 7% click them. But those customers = 26% of revenues

NOTE: You can right-click all images to view a larger version. Left-click to go to data source. As arbitrary as they often seem, “35 percent of what consumers purchase on Amazon come from recommendations” — McKinsey The very small percentage of site visits (7%) that resulted in a click on a recommendation is testament to […]

June 15, 2018 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Oregon’s 52-week Nielsen wine sales up almost 50%; Calif U.S. dollar share at 66.4%

June 14, 2018 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Here are 4 bottom-line penalties that users will hit you with for not protecting their personal data.

The bottom-line punishments that users will hit you with for not protecting their personal data

June 13, 2018 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

This U.S. Map Compares the Size of State Economies with Entire Countries

Right-click map to view a larger image Source: IMF & US Bureau of Economic Analysis via Visual Capitalist

June 12, 2018 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

Millennials reverse urban migration, head for suburbs. What does this mean for Drizly & brick-and-mortar retailers?

  A new study by the Brookings Institute — Early decade big city growth continues to fall off — means that “the “decade of the city” may be less valid during the waning years of the 2010s. While most big cities are still gaining population, the rates of that gain are falling off for many […]

June 11, 2018 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More

May’s historic heat beats 1934 Dust Bowl record for lower 48! Calif mostly dodges bullet.

Source: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

June 8, 2018 | Filed under Daily Data | Read More