America’s ‘second wave’ could have pushed its retail recovery back until 2021 as in-store footfall dives across the country’s worst hit states.
In June analysts at data company Zenreach forecaster that footfall for retail, restaurants, bars, spas, events and venues would return to “normal traffic patterns” again by September 9 this year.
However, the US has seen a dramatic spike in cases since June and as of last week was seeing an average of 53,724 new cases every day, totalling more than 5.1 million according to the New York Times.
