The Retail Resurgence Has Stalled For Department Stores As Covid-19 Rages

As if department stores didn’t have enough troubles, it looks like shoppers are starting to walk away from visiting their physical stores again as the Covid-19 pandemic rages on.

New research from Placer.ai, the consulting service that monitors retail foot traffic, shows that shopper visits to Macy’s M -1.5%, JCPenney JCP -3.6% and Dillard’s all started to trail off in July following substantial gains in the two months before.