Marketing Excuses*
NOV
11

Wednesday

November 11, 2026SEVERE

Problem

Veterans Day promotions are burying open rates.

Excuse

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Veterans Day sale noise is drowning out every non-sale message.

If your subject line does not contain a percentage, it does not exist today.

Holidays

Also in effect on this date

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

  • Everyone is doomscrolling results instead of converting.

    Politics · in effect Election Day (10d after)

  • Recount limbo is a national attention sink.

    Politics · in effect Election Day (10d after)

  • Banks are closed for Veterans Day and buying committees do not convene without the banks.

    Holidays · in effect 11-10 to 11-11

  • The country entered a post-election news detox.

    Politics · in effect Election Day (10d after)

  • Inboxes are already full of Black Friday previews.

    Retail Calendar · in effect 11-01 to 11-15

  • Black Friday started on November 1, apparently.

    Retail Calendar · in effect 11-01 to 11-15

  • Shoppers are screenshotting your prices and building a case file.

    Retail Calendar · in effect 11-01 to 11-15

  • Every brand is running early access to a sale that has not started.

    Retail Calendar · in effect 11-01 to 11-15