What's Going On With US Consumers? Store Traffic Plunges 8% Into July 4th Weekend
July 06, 2017 at 05:34 AM EDT
The US consumer continued to hibernate into the July 4th weekend with North American store traffic 8.1% lower in the week leading up to the July 4 holiday weekend, a steeper drop than the year-to-date trend of down "only" 6.6%.