US RETAILER COVID19 SENTIMENT REPORT
ActionWatch’s survey of core US retailers shows an uptick in optimism that many industry shops will be able to survive the coronavirus crisis. The biggest headline that emerged is that……
STORE CLOSURES DRIVE US PANEL DOWN -76% APRIL
April door closures stifled brick & mortar sales In the US almost all of our retail partners had to close their doors the entire month of April due to the……
MARCH DOUBLE DIGIT DECLINE. WETSUITS AND HARDGOODS LEADING RECOVERY.
All stores (except one) remained open and reported data for March. The full effect of Covid-19 restrictions, including store closures is likely to appear in our April data. Meanwhile the……
EARLY COVID19 RESTRICTIONS DRIVE MARCH SALES DOWN -44% (USA)
March door closures halted strong momentum The large majority of our retail panel in the US had to close their doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which caused the -44%……
ACTIONWATCH (USA) FEBRUARY SALES JUMP +17%
+17% growth in Feb ’20 builds cushion for challenging March The combination of soft comps to last February (-7% Feb ‘19 vs Feb ‘18), an extra day in the month……
ACTIONWATCH JAN RESULTS DOWN -11.3% ALL CATEGORIES
Our ActionWatch US retail panel recorded a great start to 2020 with January up (+11%) across all categories. January’s US results are all the more encouraging thanks to the addition……
ACTIONWATCH US RETAIL SHOWS +11% GROWTH FOR JAN 2020
ASB MAGAZINE: Our ActionWatch US retail panel recorded a great start to 2020 with January up +11% across all categories. January’s results are all the more encouraging thanks to the……
ACTIONWATCH OZ NOV DOWN JUST (-0.3%)
ACTIONWATCH: Our ActionWatch Oz panel closed down just (-0.3%) for the month of November compared to the previous year. While only slightly down November results brings the YTD (-1.4%) and arresting some……
ACTIONWATCH (USA) YTD 2019 GROWTH STAYS AT +4%
ACTIONWATCH: November turned out to be a bit lackluster after the blockbuster +15% growth in October. From a broad category perspective there has been continued strength in Apparel while Footwear had……
ACTIONWATCH 🇺🇸 OCTOBER +15% SALES BRINGS YTD +4%
ACTIONWATCH USA: While we expected some growth due to the relatively soft comps to Oct ‘18 we certainly didn’t imagine in our wildest dreams that we would see +15% growth……
ACTIONWATCH ANALYSIS OF SUNGLASSES, JACKETS & WATCHES
ACTIONWATCH OZ: A much higher percentage of sunglass units were sold in the $55-$70 price range so far this year compared to the same time period last year, continuing a……
ACTIONWATCH (USA) Q3 & YTD 2019 UP +3%
Similar to August we were not surprised to see flat growth for the month of September given the strong comps from last year, when September sales grew +7% compared to……