Multi-sector Are people around the world going shopping again?

• In the US and Germany, visits to retail and recreational locations appear to be recovering from their mid-April lows but are still ~40-50% below pre-outbreak levels.
• South Korea is almost back to normal.
• Visits in France, Italy, and Turkey are on the rise.
• In the Americas, the US and Canada have been recovering gradually.
• Brazil began to recover quickly in late March, while Mexico has recently seen an uptick.
• Foot traffic in most APAC countries examined remains low.
• Unlike in most of the world, traffic in Japan after the outbreak fell slowly rather than steeply.

Foot Traffic to Retail & Recreational Locations – Change vs. Baseline

Notes: Foot traffic data is indexed to the baseline median value for the corresponding day of the week during the 5-week period Jan 3-Feb 6, 2020. The data is further normalized to remove weekends and several key holidays (country by country), which create abnormal trends in the data. Please see the downloadable asset for the full methodology or underlying data.

Global Foot Traffic to Retail & Recreational Locations Through 30-April-20 – Change vs. Baseline

Notes: Foot traffic data is indexed to the baseline median value for the corresponding day of the week during the 5-week period Jan 3-Feb 6, 2020. The data is further normalized to remove weekends and several key holidays (country by country), which create abnormal trends in the data. Please see the downloadable asset for the full methodology or underlying data.