By Mark Kalinowski
Published on April 11, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Earlier today (Thursday, April 11th), we learned that the BlackBox Index of samestore sales for March 2019 rose by +1.2%, with same-store traffic down by -1.8%. The +1.2% showing for March 2019 marks meaningful sequential acceleration from the -0.7% showing from February 2019, which was hampered by adverse weather. That said it did not quite reach the +2.0% numbers from December 2018 and January 2019, which were the best two months numbers of the last three years.
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By Mark Kalinowski
Published on March 7, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Earlier today (Thursday, March 7th), we learned that the BlackBox Index of samestore sales for February 2019 declined by -0.6%, with same-store traffic down by -3.7%. The -0.6% showing for February 2019 marks meaningful sequential deceleration from the +2.0% number from January 2019 and the +2.0% figure from December 2018, which had been the best monthly numbers since August 2015. February was hampered to a large degree by weather (although we’d note January experienced some bad weather too, and January clearly seemed to shrug off that issue much more easily), particularly on the east coast and in the midwest. (February 2019 same-store sales were positive in California, the southeast, and the southwest.)
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By Mark Kalinowski
Published on February 7, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Earlier today (Thursday, February 7th), we learned that the BlackBox Index of samestore sales for January 2019 was +2.0%, with same-store traffic down by -0.7%. The +2.0% showing for January 2019 matches the +2.0% number from December 2018, which had been the best monthly number since August 2015. The January 2019 showing is particularly welcome given that mid-to-late January was likely negatively impacted by the recent so-called “Polar Vortex.”
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