Archive for December 20th, 1999

WE SPEND AT LEAST 30 SECONDS ON OUR FORECASTS

December 20, 1999

“You can build a forecast in about 10 seconds by sitting in a room and guessing. Sometimes I fear that folks think that’s how we do it.”

Jupiter research chief Evan Cohen, revealing how holiday e-commerce figures are cooked up, The New York Times Magazine, 19 December 1999