BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The official start to the U.S. holiday shopping season is here, and to help put things into perspective, Verizon Enterprise Solutions is launching the Verizon Retail Index.

Designed to identify online traffic patterns in the United States that Verizon attributes to consumer retail shopping activity, the Verizon Retail Index will measure average daily traffic and peak volumes from the Verizon IP network during the holiday season. Initial findings, which also include data insights based on traffic from the Verizon Cloud, are available on the Verizon Enterprise Solutions News Center starting today (Nov. 28) and will continue daily through the end of the year. Initial findings are now available here for Thanksgiving and the day prior.

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Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with more than 106 million retail connections nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries. A Dow 30 company with more than $120 billion in 2013 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of 178,500. For more information, visit www.verizon.com/news/.

Verizon Enterprise Solutions Online News Center: News releases, blog posts, media contacts and other information are available in Verizon Enterprise Solutions' online News Center at www.verizonenterprise.com/about/news. News from Verizon Enterprise Solutions is also available through an RSS feed at www.verizonenterprise.com/rss-options/.

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