Insight Report | July 31, 2023 Premium June 2023 US Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics: Recovery Stalls as In-Store Sales Dip FurtherIn June 2023, US store-based traffic declined by 1.8% year over year. Using data from RetailNext, we look at traffic trends overall and by retail sector, region and location type. Read More
Insight Report | June 28, 2023 Premium May 2023 US Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics: Recovery of Store-Based Sales Progresses as Year-Over-Year Declines SoftenIn May 2023, US store-based traffic declined by nearly 2%, year over year. Using data from RetailNext, we look at traffic trends overall and by retail sector, region and location type. Read More
Insight Report | May 31, 2023 Premium April 2023 US Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics: Store-Based Sales Decline as Units Remain NegativeIn April 2023, US nonfood traffic declined by 5%, year over year, while store-based sales declined by 6%. Using data from RetailNext, we look at traffic trends overall and by retail sector, region and location type. Read More
Insight Report | May 12, 2023 Premium 2023 US Tax Tracker #4: Post-Tax-Day Wrap-Up—IRS Issues $237 Billion in Refunds, Coresight Research Survey Reveals Consumers’ Plans for Tax RefundsWe provide a wrap-up of the 2023 US tax-filing season, as of the end of April 2023, in terms of returns filed and processed, and total and average refunds returned. We also discuss consumers’ plans for their tax refunds, based on proprietary survey data. Read More
Insight Report | May 4, 2023 Premium March 2023 US Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics: Store-Based Sales and Traffic Growth Decelerate FurtherIn March 2023, US store-based traffic declined 3%, year over year, while store-based sales declined by 8%. Using data from RetailNext, we look at traffic trends and in-store metrics overall and by retail sector, region and location type. Read More
Insight Report | April 25, 2023 Premium 2023 US Tax Tracker #3: IRS Issues $199 Billion in Refunds, Average Refund Declines by 9%Our coverage of the US tax-filing season this year continues with a look at what has happened as of April 7, 2023, in terms of returns filed and processed, and total and average refunds returned. Read More
Insight Report | March 31, 2023 Premium February 2023 US Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics: Traffic Growth DeceleratesIn February 2023, US store-based traffic grew 3.9% year over year. Using data from RetailNext, we look at traffic trends overall and by retail sector, region and location type. Read More
Insight Report | March 23, 2023 Premium 2023 US Tax Tracker #2: IRS Issues $127.3 Billion in Refunds, Number of Returns Up by 10.6%Our coverage of the US tax-filing season this year continues with a look at what has happened as of March 3, 2023, in terms of returns filed and processed, and total and average refunds returned. Read More
Insight Report | March 10, 2023 Premium January 2023 US Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics: Traffic Growth Strengthens to 14%In January 2023, US store-based traffic grew 14.1% year over year. Using data from RetailNext, we look at traffic trends overall and by retail sector, region and location type. Read More
Insight Report | February 20, 2023 Premium 2023 US Tax Tracker #1: IRS Issues $15.7 Billion in Refunds, Up by Almost Two-ThirdsIn our first report of the US tax-filing season this year, we look at what has happened so far (as of February 3, 2023) in terms of returns filed and processed, and total and average refunds returned. Read More
Insight Report | January 30, 2023 Premium December 2022 US Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics: Traffic Growth Turns PositiveIn our monthly report on US retail traffic and in-store metrics, we review weekly shopper traffic trends through the month, as well as traffic by retailer vertical, region and retailer location type. December 2022’s data shows traffic ticked up year over year. Read More
