Insight Reports 2 minutes PremiumSeptember 2018 US Retail Sales and Traffic: Clothing Retailers Lead Growth Vineeth Gangadharan Author By Coresight Research October 23, 2018 Key PointsCoresight Research’s monthly reports keep you up to date on US and UK retail sales, US retail traffic and in-store metrics, selected US retailers’ same-store sales and key global consumer indicators. Click here to view our full collection of Monthly Reports. Our US Monthly Retail Sales and Traffic Report reviews year-over-year changes in selected store-based metrics, including sales, traffic and conversion rates. Highlights from our September Retail Traffic report: Total US retail sales including automobiles and gasoline increased by 4.4% on a year-over-year basis in September, according to the US Census Bureau. Retail sales increased marginally, by 0.4%, month over month in September, on a seasonally-adjusted basis. Changes in store-based sales and traffic remained negative in September. While conversion rate declined, by 0.2%, for the first time in six months, both average transaction value (0.3%) and return rates (0.3%) grew marginally according to RetailNext. Retail traffic declined 7.1% year over year during September which is the steepest decline since April. October 23, 2018 Premium This report is for Premium subscribers only. Learn more about subscriptions here. Other research you may be interested in: