We took a closer look at visit performance across major wholesale clubs and superstores – Target, Walmart, Sam’s Club, BJ’s Wholesale, and Costco – to see what their 2024 performance and past holiday season visit patterns can tell us about what to expect this Q4 and holiday season.

How has superstore Costco Wholesale been faring this year, and what can its visitation patterns tell us about what lies ahead for it during the all-important fourth quarter of the year? 

In July & August 2024, Placer.ai released multiple white papers. Read on for a taste of our findings from two of them: 2024 Hotel Visit Trends and Retail Giants in 2024: Walmart, Costco, and Target's Competitive Edge.

Dive into the data to explore factor shaping Big Lots' rightsizing moves – and see which chains stand to benefit the most from anticipated store closures.

With H2 2024 underway, we took a look at the foot traffic performance of superstores Walmart and Target, and membership warehouse clubs BJ’s Wholesale Club, Sam’s Club, and Costco. How did foot traffic compare to 2023’s visitation patterns? And what special events helped propel visits? 

As visits to Superstores continue to rise, we analyzed recent foot traffic data for Walmart, Target, Costco Wholesale, Sam’s Club, and BJ’s Wholesale Club and dove into Walmart’s Q1 2024 regional performance.

How did Target, Walmart, Costco, Sam’s Club, and BJ’s Wholesale Club perform offline last year? Who visited the chains in 2023? And what does 2024 have in store for the space? We dove into the foot traffic and trade area composition data to find out. 

Costco's visit share within the superstore space continues to grow, and the club outperformed similar stores in visit growth during the recent Back-to-School season. With the holiday season around the corner, we dove into recent visitation metrics to better understand the chain’s current strength. 

August’s white papers looked at the recent performance of retail giants Walmart, Target, and Costco; explored the c-store space; dove into the Manhattan office recovery; and analyzed the continued success of the off-price apparel industry. Below is a taste of our findings.

With H2 2023 squarely underway, we dove into the foot traffic data for Walmart, Target, Costco Wholesale, BJ’s Wholesale Club, and Sam’s Club to see how the sector is faring as consumer sentiment improves.

Walmart, Target, and Costco became the go-to destination for mission-driven shoppers during the pandemic, and that strength continued into 2022. Now, as prices continue to rise, these stores are seeing a shift in their foot traffic patterns. We explore these retail trends in-depth here.

We dive into the data for three wholesale leaders to understand the foot traffic trends driving visits as we approach the biggest retail months of the year. 

As shoppers continue to tighten their budgets in the face of high prices, we checked in to see how the economy is affecting three wholesale giants. 

Costco, BJ’s, and Sam’s Club were poised to do well in the beginning of 2022. We looked at foot traffic data to see how these wholesalers are holding up.

This Placer Bytes looks at location analytics data for Best Buy and Costco as the retailers kick-off 2022.

In this summer wholesale update, we dove into the data to see how the summer treated Costco, BJ's Wholesale, and Sam's Club.