Notes:
- excludes Decembers because Christmas would distort month end sales
- excludes Januaries because sales only start picking up on 2nd week
- in total, it counts more than 32 months for every day, so the sample is representative
- I upload on regular basis for the last 4 years, so the results aren’t impacted by my upload pattern.
So here is the graph which looks at average sales by month days over the past 3.5 years.
As you can see from the analysis, there is no increase towards the end of month. As expected, the sales are pretty steady over the course of the month, although the sharp dip on the 1st day is hard to go unnoticed. Anyway, hope you find this analysis useful.
Author: Elnur Amikishiyev
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