Get Ready For The Sales Bounce Back

	Issue 95 / September 2009

Is your Web site ready for when customers start buying again?

Experts agree there's pent up demand, but differ on when consumers will be back. Many say consumers are ready to return soon — but it's a different consumer.

What's the economic downturn taught consumers, apart from caution? To surf the Web even more than before. A PriceGrabber survey indicated that during the economic downturn Web searches were up, particularly as consumers spent more time investigating options online before spending.

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Brain Teaser

How many songs have been downloaded from iTunes?

a. 1 billion

b. 3 billion

c. 5 billion

d. 8 billion

Answer

d. 8 billion
As of July 2009, 8 billion songs had been downloaded from iTunes with downloads estimated to hit the 10 billion mark by year end.

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