Foot Traffic

Can Pickleball Save Shopping Malls? 
Can Pickleball Save Shopping Malls? 
June 24, 2023  |  The Weekender

Amid the ongoing decline of the shopping mall, a potential savior might come in an unexpected form: pickleball.  Yes, you read that right. The racket...

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UK Boxing Day Retail Footfall Down 25%
UK Boxing Day Retail Footfall Down 25%
December 27, 2022  |  Retail

Compared to 2019, U.K.’s Boxing Day retail traffic dropped by about 25%. A popular shopping day, when retailers in the country launch their after-Christmas sales,...

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RetailNext Acquires UK Foot Traffic and In-Store Analytics Firm
RetailNext Acquires UK Foot Traffic and In-Store Analytics Firm
November 14, 2022  |  Retail

California-based brick-and-mortar analytics firm RetailNext said it has acquired U.K. rival Retail Performance from market research company Ipsos, in a bid to boost its foot-traffic-monitoring...

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Is Paying Consumers For Their Time The Future Of Physical Retail?
Is Paying Consumers For Their Time The Future Of Physical Retail?
February 20, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

Among the more famous aphorisms of Benjamin Franklin was his 1748 observation that “time is money” —  a fancy way of saying that making money...

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Q3 Retail Earnings Show Mixed Bag Of Consumer Spending
Q3 Retail Earnings Show Mixed Bag Of Consumer Spending
November 20, 2019  |  Retail

Consumer spending shows mixed demand as the holiday shopping season gets underway, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Tuesday (Nov. 19). Weak sales at...

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Kohl’s Third-Time’s-No-Charm Fizzle
Kohl’s Third-Time’s-No-Charm Fizzle
August 23, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Third time’s no charm. Three quarterly reports, three straight declines in quarterly sales for Kohl’s. Beyond the vagaries and volatility in stock price, where Kohl’s...

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Footfall Worries US Retail Despite Strong Holiday Season
Footfall Worries US Retail Despite Strong Holiday Season
January 07, 2019  |  Retail

Despite a record-breaking holiday season for retailers in 2018, the strength of the industry’s recovery is being called into question as data emerges that shows...

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Dick’s Sees Sales Slide, But Profits Hold In Q3
Dick’s Sees Sales Slide, But Profits Hold In Q3
November 29, 2018  |  Retail

Sales were down in Q3 at Dick’s Sporting goods, as the retailer announced a net sales decline of 4.5 percent year over year to $1.86...

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7-Eleven Expands Its Facial Recognition Technology
7-Eleven Expands Its Facial Recognition Technology
March 16, 2018  |  Retail

As facial recognition technology explodes worldwide, 7-Eleven expands the reach of its artificial intelligence platform to 11,000 stores across Thailand. The facial recognition technology, which was...

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