Eastern time, italian unemployment 37year high and more signs of euro zone reflation. Shopper trak out with the first wide scale read on the Holiday Shopping season and its a mixed picture for november and december, instore foot traffic at the nations retailers fell 14. 6 compared to the year prior but instore sales grew at 2. 7 . Slightly hopper than what shoppertrak had forecast. The main reason for the traffic plunge they say is that. Shoers are making fewer store visits than in the past because most window shopping and browsing is done online ahead of time, so the shoppers that are making the Shopping Trips are going with intended purchases in mind. Black friday was indeed the strongest day for brick and mortar retailers both for sales and traffic. Then there was a large lull until the lastminute panic kicked in. The week ending december 28th accounted for four of the top ten sales and traffic days for the entire Holiday Season. When it comes to categories shoppertrak says electron