Marketing Challenge vs. Recession

Let's say you have four key customer acquisition efforts:

• Google
• Facebook
• Other Digital
• Offline

Let's say that your comps were flat in September / October. Now in November and December, you observe this:

• Google = -9%.
• Facebook = -7%.
• Other Digital = -11%.
• Offline = -6%.
• Merchandise Productivity = -10%.

If you observe this issue, you do not have a marketing challenge ... you have to revisit yesterday's post to determine if you have a merchandising challenge or you are headed into a recession.

Let's say your data looks like this:

• Google = +1%.
• Facebook = -7%.
• Other Digital = -11%.
• Offline = +3%.
• Merchandise Productivity = -1%.

This is what a marketing challenge looks like. Google and Offline have signatures comparable with Merchandise Productivity, while Facebook and Other Digital are plunging.

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