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As you know, Google does not release their analytics data. However, I have a site that started losing a lot of traffic when google started putting the shopping blurb in the #2 position.  Also another site that started losing a lot of traffic when they added the "Brands" and "Stores" lilnks above the #1 position. Perhaps the best that you can tell client is that lots of webmasters see the same thing happening.