Problem
The NFL's return is siphoning evening traffic.
Excuse
America remembered football exists.
Nothing you are selling can compete with a 20-week commitment.
Also in effect on this date
The full docket. Any of these would hold up in a Monday standup.
Opening week annexed Thursday through Monday and your campaign lived there.
Sports · in effect NFL opening week (1d before through 4d after)
The Tuesday after Labor Day is the real New Year and everyone is in planning mode.
Holidays · in effect Labor Day (2d after)
Summer is ending, fall has not started, and nobody buys anything during the changeover.
Holidays · in effect Labor Day (6d before through 2d after)
After Labor Day, every campaign in America went to full spend.
Politics · in effect Labor Day (7d after)
Households are adjusting to new school routines, and adjustment does not include your checkout flow.
Seasonality · in effect 09-01 to 09-10
Fantasy football draft prep is currently a second job for your entire audience.
Sports · in effect 08-15 to 09-10
More research is going into twelfth-round sleepers than into any purchase decision.
Sports · in effect 08-15 to 09-10
A third of the country is inside the cone of uncertainty, emotionally if not geographically.
Weather · in effect 09-01 to 10-15