Insight Reports 3 minutes premiumAugust 2019 US Monthly Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics Report: Labor Day Weekend Boosts August Traffic Author By Coresight Research September 20, 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 August Retail Traffic report: US store traffic declined 4.7% year over year in August. The conversion rate advanced 0.7 percentage points, average transaction value (ATV) grew 1.0% and the product return rate declined 0.1 percentage points. August traffic varied over the course of the four weeks: The last week, heading into the three-day Labor Day weekend, performed the best. August 7 figures were low for sales, conversion rates, shopper yield, ATV and transaction volume. The west experienced the largest decline in traffic at 6.1%, and the south experienced the largest decrease in sales at 1.9%. The midwest had the smallest decline in traffic at 2.2% and the largest increase in sales at 1.7%. September 20, 2019 premium This report is for Premium subscribers only. Learn more about subscriptions here. Other research you may be interested in: