by Mike Duff | Jun 27, 2025 | Retail Articles
Back-to-school season may give Target a chance to complete a traffic turnaround, according to Placer.ai, as overall retail foot traffic in early 2025 demonstrated modest growth. This suggests that traditional back-to-school categories such as sportswear and footwear...
by Mike Duff | Apr 22, 2025 | Retail Articles
Market researcher Placer.ai said that there were more store visits the week of April 7 as winter ends, spring rolls in and tariffs loom. For the week, traffic increased by 0.5% at superstores, 4.1% at grocery stores, 6.7% at warehouse clubs, 0.4% at electronics...
by Mike Duff | Jan 27, 2025 | Retail Articles
Foot traffic at retail, as assessed in the white paper by store visit researcher Placer.ai, was up at many major chains in the fourth quarter of 2024, but some exceptions crept into the mix. As such, according to Placer.ai, overall fourth quarter 2024 retail store...
by Mike Duff | Dec 16, 2024 | Retail Articles
Indoor mall visits grew by 6.4% year-over-year during November, while open-air shopping center visits were up 4.8% and outlet mall visits were up 3.8%, according to Placer.ai. Traffic during the Black Friday weekend – including Friday, Saturday and Sunday – was up 6%...
by Mike Duff | Dec 3, 2024 | Retail Articles
According to ShopperTrak Analytics from Sensormatic Solutions, preliminary analysis showed in-store Black Friday shopper traffic in the United States slipped 8.2% versus 2023. November 24 through Black Friday, November 29, shopper visits to stores in the United States...
