“Pedes­tri­an traf­fic in US down­towns strength­ened in Octo­ber to ‑38.1% below the 2019 lev­el, from ‑40.7% in Sep­tem­ber and ‑44.7% in August,” reports Paul Berg­eron, cit­ing a new report from retail data ana­lyt­ics com­pa­ny Spring­board (their Sep­tem­ber report is freely avail­able online).

Accord­ing to Berg­eron’s expla­na­tion of the report, the increased foot traf­fic in U.S. down­towns can be explained by more work­ers return­ing to the office.