Improved foot traffic shows that good malls still draw a crowd: While they may not have the trajectory of ecommerce, traditional retail is recovering, even amid ongoing delta variant concerns.

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On today's episode, we discuss Amazon's current size, how much more of the market it might swallow, and whether others could ever compete. We then talk about Best Buy's new membership program, Instacart, DoorDash, and Walmart getting into financial services, and how much in-store foot traffic has recovered in 2021. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer analysts at Insider Intelligence Daniel Keyes and Blake Droesch.

Klarna moving further into brick-and-mortar retail positions it to capture these sales, especially as in-store foot traffic rises: Throughout 2021, foot traffic at US Simon Properties has approached and on a number of occasions exceeded 2019 levels, per Placer.ai—sometimes by more than 50%—and this will likely carry over into the holidays thanks to COVID-19 vaccine efforts.

CVS’ foot traffic to its existing health and wellness services shot up thanks to consumers’ vaccine appointments. It's given 43 million COVID-19 vaccines to date—a figure which will likely continue to balloon as it is now offering the vaccine for pediatric consumers aged 5 to 11. Low-cost and transparent pricing.

And with in-store foot traffic also expected to bounce back from last year, Affirm will likely see gains from brick-and-mortar shoppers. Affirm’s exclusive partnership with Amazon should also give the BNPL provider a major boost considering the etailer’s holiday track record. And new customer tools and app features should also sustain Affirm’s performance.

Autonomous checkout technology may be more useful for large retailers with high foot traffic—smaller merchants may not have the capital for this type of investment and may still appreciate the value of in-person interactions as they grow their businesses.

Resumption of pre-pandemic shopping rituals like door-busting at big-box retailers and fashion-finding at malls will generate strong foot traffic. Mobile traffic will also spike on Black Friday as consumers prepare for in-store shopping trips and engage in showrooming while there. We expect online sales to increase 15.8% to $10.42 billion, assuming the No. 2 spending day position for the season.

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Resumption of pre-pandemic shopping rituals like door-busting at big box retailers and fashion-finding at the malls will generate strong foot traffic. Mobile traffic will also spike on Black Friday as consumers prepare for in-store shopping trips and engage in showrooming while there. We expect online sales to increase 15.8% to $10.42 billion, assuming the No. 2 spending day position for the season.

The department store has 34 shops left nationwide, having closed 16 of them after the pandemic greatly reduced foot traffic on high streets. But even though the UK has come out of lockdown, the pandemic’s legacy will carry on: Insider Intelligence expects further store closures as customers continue to make more purchases online, just as they’ve grown used to doing over the past 18 months.

eMarketer research analyst Daniel Keyes, principal analyst Andrew Lipsman and senior forecasting analyst Cindy Liu at Insider Intelligence discuss what happened when Amazon eased up for a few months and what will happen when it hits the gas. They then talk about some new Google features, Amazon looking to buy a driverless car company and some maybe permanent grocery store foot traffic trends.

When Vancity Community Investment Bank (VCIB) and the Canadian Urban Institute examined the main streets of seven cities in Ontario and British Columbia in fall 2020, they found that foot traffic was down between 35% and 70% from the same period in 2019. Airport traffic was curtailed to an unprecedented degree in 2020, impacting airport OOH ad spending.

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With the exception of grocery stores and drugstores—which remain open—practically all other brick-and-mortar retail has seen a seismic drop in foot traffic before temporarily closing down their locations for the foreseeable future as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread in the US. This is resulting in huge drops in revenue.

Location data firm Placer.ai provided more insight into December 2020 foot traffic trends, revealing that trends varied considerably by store segment. Warehouse clubs like Costco and Sam’s Club saw an increase in foot traffic, however minor, at 0.2%.

To get a grasp of where the market is headed, OAAA’s Radigan suggested that advertisers monitor data that follows people’s movements, such as location, retail foot traffic, and sales receipt data. “The impact of COVID-19 really showcased how traffic movement is very local and very regional,” she said. “So, use credible data that's able to prove out how traffic is moving.”.

With the vaccine rollout well underway, consumers’ newfound freedom is taking them outside the home—and often to the mall, as foot traffic continues to increase. Online sales will also continue to increase, up 17.9% in 2021, with growth slowing through 2025. Pre-pandemic, we forecast that ecommerce retail sales would grow 13.2% in 2020 and 12.8% in 2021.

Fall 2020 research by Vancity Community Investment Bank (VCIB) and the Canadian Urban Institute examining seven city main streets in Ontario and British Columbia showed that foot traffic was down between 35% and 70% compared with the same time in 2019. In addition to general foot traffic declines, the suspension of attendance at sporting events crushed place-based OOH revenues.

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If Chase’s new branches maintain this foot traffic, and the bank can convert prospects into sales of more complex products like loans or mortgages, it could be worth the investment—despite the emergence of digital as the dominant banking frontier.

As consumers start to return to stores and foot traffic nears 2019 levels, Shopify is planning to extend its reach to brick-and-mortar with point-of-sale (POS) integration.

Data from Placer.ai, a location analytics firm, indicates that retail foot traffic has been in double-digit negative territory every month since the beginning of the pandemic. Even in recent months as foot traffic has rebounded—in September, weekly retail foot traffic varied between declines of 13% and 17%—foot traffic fell well below the 4.7% holiday sales decline we expect. The reason?