Placer.ai: Target Deal Days Enticed Store Visits

Placer.ai: Target Deal Days Enticed Store Visits

According to traffic tracker Placer.ai, Target Deal Days have advanced since the company first launched the event in 2018 to compete with Amazon’s Prime Day, and the recent variation held October 6-8, almost a week before Amazon’s first-ever Prime Early Access Sale,...
Placer: Superstores Keep Bringing Traffic Back

Placer: Superstores Keep Bringing Traffic Back

According to Placer.ai’s Superstores Quarterly Index for Fourth Quarter 2021 consumer visits to superstores were up 6.8% in the period year over year, up 10.9% compared to the 2020 quarter, and up 5.7% compared to the 2019 period. The COVID-19 pandemic may even have...
Costco Springs Through May with Double-Digit Comp Gains

December Proves Festive for Costco

Costco Wholesale Corp. rolled on through its five-week fiscal December when it generated double-digit comparable store sales results. Company comparable sales, excluding fuel and foreign exchange rate volatility, gained 11.5% in the period year over year, with comps...