Insight Reports 3 minutes premiumApril 2019 US Monthly Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics Report: Easter Week Boosts Traffic Author By Coresight Research May 23, 2019 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 Traffic and In-Store Metrics Report reviews year-over-year changes in selected store-based metrics, including sales, traffic and conversion rates. Highlights from our April Retail Traffic report: US store traffic declined 5.0% year over year in April. The conversion rate advanced 0.1 percentage points, average transaction value (ATV) fell 3.2% and the product return rate was flat year over year. April’s performance varied over the course of the four weeks, with traffic increasing in the second week of the month, with an increase of 3.8%. Traffic declined in week 1 by 4.8%, week 3 by 5.1% and week 4 by 9.4%. The northeast experienced the largest declines in sales and traffic at 3.9% and 7.3%, respectively. The midwest had the smallest declines in sales and traffic at 1.1% and 0.2%, respectively. May 23, 2019 premium This report is for Premium subscribers only. Learn more about subscriptions here. Other research you may be interested in: