05.11.22
As pandemic restrictions continue to ease, many people are ready to make up for lost time by flocking back to shopping for things they’ve been putting off. With an 18.16% increase from pre-pandemic figures, the retail industry is back, better than ever, says TOP Data in its latest report.
Experts at TOP Data analyzed aggregated visit data from 12 million Americans to compare which big box, convenience, department, grocery and home improvement stores and gas stations are getting the most foot traffic compared to 2020 numbers and the results are clear: retail spending has increased in all 48 states covered by the study.
But which states are benefiting most from this spending effect?
Here are the top 10 states with the most bounce back retail spending (ranked in order of percentage increase in visitation from 2020 to 2022):
Experts at TOP Data analyzed aggregated visit data from 12 million Americans to compare which big box, convenience, department, grocery and home improvement stores and gas stations are getting the most foot traffic compared to 2020 numbers and the results are clear: retail spending has increased in all 48 states covered by the study.
But which states are benefiting most from this spending effect?
Here are the top 10 states with the most bounce back retail spending (ranked in order of percentage increase in visitation from 2020 to 2022):
- Vermont: 62.51%
- New York: 57.40%
- West Virginia: 49.16%
- Oklahoma: 35.08%
- Arkansas: 33.93%
- Mississippi: 33.73%
- Missouri: 32.48%
- Ohio: 32.47%
- Alabama: 31.75%
- Louisiana: 30.63%
- Kansas: 29.81%
- South Carolina: 29.49%
- Iowa: 27.57%
- Georgia: 25.69%
- Tennessee: 24.63%
- New Hampshire: 24.07%
- Pennsylvania: 23.73%
- Kentucky: 22.08%
- Nebraska: 21.44%
- Maine: 20.41%