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Nascar, Wrestling and Toons Folks Buy Charcoal and Eat Hot Dogs

Nascar, Wrestling and Toons Folks Buy Charcoal and Eat Hot Dogs

This coming Labor Day Holiday, makers of barbecue charcoal might target their online advertising to Web sites that cater to NASCAR and pro wrestling fans, according to the latest findings from Homescan Online, a consumer research service from Nielsen//NetRatings and ACNielsen.

With the Labor Day holiday, the last major grilling weekend of the year, fast approaching, Nielsen//NetRatings, and ACNielsen U.S used their Homescan Online service to analyze which Web sites attract heavy buyers of charcoal and frankfurters, two consumer packaged goods (CPG) categories that sell better the week leading up to Labor Day than any other time other than the Fourth of July and Memorial Day holidays.

As the table below shows, compared to the $12.13 spent annually per average charcoal-buying household with Internet access, visitors to several sports and lottery Web sites tend to spend more.

Key Sites with Higher Spending on Charcoal

Web SiteAverage Annual Charcoal Spending Per Web Site Visiting Household Index to Total Charcoal Buying Online Households
NASCAR.COM $15.71 130
WWE.COM $15.14 125
GROUPLOTTO.COM $15.09 124
NBA.COM $13.62 112

Source: Homescan Online, Q1 2004

Compared to an average of $18.17 spent per average frankfurter-buying online household each year, households that visit several gaming and music sites, including those targeted to young children, tend to spend considerably more.

Key Sites with Higher Dollar Spending on Frankfurters

Web SiteAverage Annual Frankfurter Spending Per Web Site Visiting HouseholdIndex to Total Frankfurter Buying Online Households
TOON DISNEY $29.57163
AOL JOURNALS$28.40156
EMUSIC.COM $27.29 150
NOGGIN $27.00149

Source: Homescan Online, Q1 2004

Michael Saxon, vice president, Media Products, Nielsen//NetRatings, notes that "The Homescan Online service... (helps) brand marketers and advertisers looking to target specific category or brand buyers (to) create highly targeted online marketing campaigns..."

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