Walmart Demographics and Foot Traffic Insights

Retail media networks are firmly in the mainstream, with major chains across industries targeting sellers at various points of purchase. What do location analytics tell us about the potential role of brick-and-mortar retail media in driving consumer engagement? We dove into the data to find out.

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Wholesale clubs were foot traffic winners in Q1 2025. We took a closer look at how weather and expanding footprints played a part in visitation trends for Target, Walmart, Sam’s Club, BJ’s Wholesale Club, and Costco Wholesale and how the demographic characteristics of visitors impacted in-store shopping behavior. 

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How did Walmart, Target, and wholesale clubs perform in 2024? What do early 2025 foot traffic trends tell us about superstores’ growth potential in the coming year? And what do visitation patterns at Target and Walmart reveal about the role each chain plays in the wider retail landscape?

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Retail media networks are firmly in the mainstream, with major chains across industries targeting sellers at various points of purchase. What do location analytics tell us about the potential role of brick-and-mortar retail media in driving consumer engagement? We dove into the data to find out.

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With the first half of 2025 nearly completed, two macro pictures are emerging. Consumers are showing renewed confidence and are returning to stores while the manufacturing and shipping segments are tapping the brakes. We take a closer look at both retail and industrial segments to see what the foot traffic data says about the economy in mid-2025.

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Retailers often turn to limited-time offers, products, and collaborations to drive traffic and sales. We took a look at the data to see how consumers responded to recent high-profile offerings launched this spring by Trader Joe’s and Target.

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Pharmacies have weathered a challenging landscape in recent years. We took a look at CVS's visit data to see how the company is faring in Q2 2025, how its rightsizing and optimization efforts have impacted visitation, and what location analytics reveals about some of its strategies.

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Q2 2025 is done and dusted - and analyst Chris Walton takes a look at the retail performance of chains including Starbucks and Target to see how his Q1 2025 predictions held up - and what might lie ahead for the next quarter of the year.

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The coffee space is increasingly competitive, and the growth of small and medium sized chains has had an impact on visits to some of the biggest coffee chains in the space. Still, visit trends to chains Starbucks, Dunkin', and Dutch Bros showed promise in Q2 2025. We dive into the visit data to see how the three are faring.

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