Transforming your syndicated data into business insight
Recently, I wrote about a Nielsen chart illustrating consumer behavior in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this post, I’ll show these same metrics from another panel provider: Numerator. Numerator (formerly known as InfoScout) gathers their panel data by having panelists take photos of physical receipts and provide access to their e-receipts. That’s a […]
As I shared recently, there is a wealth of free, public information coming out from data providers on consumer behavior during these crazy times. In this post, I’ll highlight, explain, and critique a chart published by Nielsen. Next week, I’ll share a similar chart from Numerator. Taking it back a step, what is panel data? […]
I was recently purging some old files. I found a long-buried gem, from my IRI days, that I want to share with you. These words of wisdom came from my all-star manager, Linda Abraham. Linda went on to co-found Comscore and is now an investor and advisor to tech companies. Note: when Linda crafted her […]
We analysts love nothing better than digging through piles of data. But, when it comes to communicating our insights, less is more. Note: In this article, I focus on charts in the form of slides but many of my design recommendations would also apply to dashboards or more complex visualizations. To increase the odds of […]
Visualization (or visualization in some places) is one of the hottest topics around lately. In fact, I just Googled both spellings and got 191 million hits for the American spelling with a “z”) and 43.4 million hits for the British spelling! Here’s what Wikipedia has to say: “Visualization (or visualisation) is any technique for creating images, diagrams, or animations to […]
This is the third in a series of posts on quantifying the impact of business drivers on sales volume. Please review these other posts on this very useful analytical technique that helps answer the question Why did our volume change? Part 1 – Overview of this very useful analytical technique that helps answer the question Why […]
