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        <description>The Pulse Index is an annual tracking of online shopping activity during the holiday season. From November through January, Chase Paymentech monitors the daily activity of of 50 of the largest 250 Internet retailers, as defined by the Internet Retailer Top 500. The data includes the average ticket, total number of payment transactions and total dollar value processed. The data is taken from transactions crossing Chase Paymentech's processing platforms. </description>
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        <copyright>Copyright  2012, Chase Paymentech, LLC. All Rights Reserved</copyright>
        <managingEditor>CPS-DigitalMarketing@chasepaymentech.com</managingEditor>
        <webMaster>larry.moffitt@chasepaymentech.com (Larry Moffitt)</webMaster>
        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
        <category>Finance</category>
        <category>Money</category>
        <category>Payment Processing</category>
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            <title>Another Strong Year for Online Holiday Shopping Growth</title>
            <link>http://pulse.chasepaymentech.com</link>
            <description>2012 marked another strong season for ecommerce retail. Consumers continued to shop online in ever-increasing numbers.  Pulse results reflected a YTD year-over-year (YoY) sales growth of 15.2% -  consistent with most industry predictions.</description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 11:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <category>Payment Processing</category>
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            <title>‘Green Week’ Outpaces ‘Cyber Week’ for Online Transaction Volume Growth</title>
            <link>http://pulse.chasepaymentech.com</link>
            <description>Pulse shows that ‘Green Week’ - from December 10th (Green Monday) to Sunday, December 16th - was the busiest seven day period of the holiday shopping season so far in terms of transaction volume.</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:00:00 EST</pubDate>
            <author>CPS-DigitalMarketing@chasepaymentech.com</author>
            <category>Payment Processing</category>
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            <title>Green Monday – A Top Five Season-To-Date Shopping Day</title>
            <link>http://pulse.chasepaymentech.com</link>
            <description>With just 15 days left before Christmas, Green Monday (December 10th) sales showed a 10.7% year-over-year (YoY) increase over Green Monday (December 12th) in 2011, mainly driven by merchant deals and discounts on popular gift items.</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:00:00 EST</pubDate>
            <author>CPS-DigitalMarketing@chasepaymentech.com</author>
            <category>Payment Processing</category>
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            <title>Is ‘Cyber Monday’ Becoming ‘Cyber Week’?</title>
            <link>http://pulse.chasepaymentech.com</link>
            <description>During the week following Black Friday, Pulse data indicated strong online sales volume growth, potentially powered by online retailers providing additional incentives on the days following Cyber Monday. </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
            <author>CPS-DigitalMarketing@ChasePaymentech.com</author>
            <category>Payment Processing</category>
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            <title>Cyber Monday Still the Busiest Ecommerce Shopping Day</title>
            <link>http://pulse.chasepaymentech.com</link>
            <description>Cyber Monday continues its importance, driving a nearly 22% increase in year-over-year (YoY) online sales.</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:30:00 EST</pubDate>
            <author>CPS-DigitalMarketing@chasepaymentech.com (Digital Marketing)</author>
            <category>Payment Processing</category>
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            <title>Weekend Bargain Hunting Shifts Online!</title>
            <link>http://pulse.chasepaymentech.com</link>
            <description>Shoppers, hungry for early deals, continued shopping online on Saturday and Sunday prompting overall year-to-date ecommerce sales volume growth of 14.9% over 2011, while in-store sales are up 1.4%.</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:30:00 EST</pubDate>
            <author>CPS-DigitalMarketing@chasepaymentech.com (Digital Marketing)</author>
            <category>Payment Processing</category>
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            <title>Thanksgiving and Black Friday Results Are In</title>
            <link>http://pulse.chasepaymentech.com</link>
            <description>The holiday season is off to a lively start.</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
            <author>CPS-DigitalMarketing@chasepaymentech.com (Digital Marketing)</author>
            <category>Payment Processing</category>
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