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North American Shoppers Slowly Return to Stores After Lockdowns

A person wearing a protective mask walks inside a mall in Yuba City, California on May 13.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Shoppers are slowly trickling back to stores as they reopen after a two-month shutdown to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

Visits to U.S. and Canadian retailers have risen for two straight weeks. For the week ended May 15, foot traffic to shops was 92% below the same period a year ago, compared with a 95% falloff in the previous seven days, according to location-data provider Prodco Analytics.