Consumer foot traffic to grocery shops is returning to normal levels in some markets after the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, according to the latest anonymised device tracking from location analytics platform Blis.
Grocery foot traffic in Italy had returned to normal in the week of May 18th, compared to less than half (46%) of normal traffic in the week of March 30th.
Of the six markets analysed, COVID-19 had the smallest impact on grocery traffic in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Foot traffic dropped to just three-quarters of normal levels throughout April and has since returned to almost...