May 2008
9 posts
24/7 Wall Street Demonstrates the Value of...
Hello everyone. Some times people ask us why primary point of sale data is important. We believe that point of sale data is very revealing about product and company trends. Apparently the good folks over at 24/7 Wall St. agree. In a herculean piece of work they called about 30 gaming stores and asked questions about Take Two’s new game, Grand Theft Auto IV. Good idea. What we find...
April 2008
6 posts
Buffalo Wild Wings Bucks the Trend; Cheesecake...
We are in the process of trying to prove out our concepts on Tickermine. We believe that point of sale trend data is a very important indicator of current and future business trends. This may seem obvious, but we’re getting resistance to this concept from the people who manage your investments. Shocking? Yes. Surprising? No. You can review TickerMine articles for the past month and you...
Reaching Out to Blogs We Like
Still Monday morning here in San Francisco. Post number 3. Not unusual for us on the activity side. Our PR team wondered if we could post once a week. Once a week? I think we can clear that hurdle. We are beginning to reach out to others in the market who we think add value and frankly can add value on top of our point of sales field data. Our first target is Eric Savitz over at Barron’s ...
New Features on TickerMine
Busy Monday for us here at TickerMine. We have just deployed some new features that we hope you all will find helpful and useful. First, we are offering a free trial of our premium Diamond Miner level of service for 30 days. This will let users see the full value of getting real time access to valuable point of sale data in detail. We are confident there is no where else to get large groups of...
Vera Wang Starts to Get Noticed at Kohl's
Good Monday morning everyone. One of the great ways to use TickerMine data is to confirm company management projections, forecasts and promises about trends and product development. We have a survey posted on the site about Kohl’s (KSS) showing that Vera Wang’s line at Kohl’s is now seen as the best selling brand of women’s clothing at the store by 29% of respondents. ...
Coming Out of the Depths - TickerMine Begins
Hi everyone, This is the beginning of our corporate blog for TickerMine. What’s TickerMine? good question. We get that one alot. TickerMine is a subscription service that offers daily reports on point of sale data for a broad range of U.S. companies. What is Point of Sale (POS) data? Another good question. Sometime POS refers to actual sales results at stores. This data is the property of...