Foot Traffic at Walmart, Target, Costco Drops for First Time in Weeks: Report

Shoppers line up outside a Costco to buy supplies amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Feb. 28, 2020. Duane Tanouye via Reuters

Foot traffic at Walmart, Target, and Costco has dropped for the first time in many weeks amid the CCP virus pandemic, according to a report from a retail analysis company.

Placer.ai said Walmart’s traffic was down 6.7 percent for the third week of March, while traffic was up 18.4 percent during the prior week of March.