Marketing Excuses*
FEB
17

Tuesday

February 17, 2026SEVERE

Problem

Presidents' Day discounting is inflating CPMs.

Excuse

1 / 40

Every mattress and appliance retailer declared a Presidents' Day event at once.

Your prospecting campaign is running against forty percent off sitewide.

Holidays

Also in effect on this date

The full docket. Any of these would hold up in a Monday standup.

  • It's a federal holiday that nobody observes except the people who were about to convert.

    Holidays · in effect Presidents' Day (1d before through 1d after)

  • Refund checks hit. They're buying TVs, not your product.

    Economy · in effect 02-01 to 03-15

  • Tax refund spending is inflating every benchmark except yours.

    Economy · in effect 02-01 to 03-15

  • Red carpet galleries are outperforming every asset your team has ever produced.

    Media & Culture · in effect 01-05 to 03-15

  • Campaign media buyers are already testing against your exact audiences.

    Politics · in effect 01-15 to 06-30 · election years

  • Carriers issued weather advisories and your delivery promise quietly stopped being a promise.

    Weather · in effect 12-01 to 03-10

  • Sunset is before dinner. Consumers are in maintenance mode.

    Weather · in effect 01-01 to 02-28

  • Vitamin D levels and conversion rates are bottoming out together.

    Weather · in effect 01-01 to 02-28