It is Friday the 13th, and consumer confidence is superstitious.

Also in effect on this date

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

• Oscar discourse now occupies the exact feed real estate you paid for.

  Media & Culture · in effect The Oscars (5d before through 1d after)

• Everyone is speed-watching nominees instead of clicking on things.

  Media & Culture · in effect The Oscars (5d before through 1d after)

• Attribution is off by an hour somewhere and no one can prove where.

  Workweek · in effect Spring clock change (6d after)

• Half your audience is traveling and the other half is pretending to work from Cabo.

  Vacation · in effect 03-01 to 04-10

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

  Economy · in effect 02-01 to 03-15

• Spring break is staggered by school district, so demand is dissolving one region at a time.

  Vacation · in effect 03-01 to 04-10

• TSA throughput is up and your conversion rate is down. These facts are related.

  Vacation · in effect 03-01 to 04-10

• College students are off the grid in a way that specifically excludes your retargeting pool.

  Vacation · in effect 03-05 to 03-31