Black Box Chain Sales Up, Traffic Down Again In December 2022

Black Box Intelligence reported that same-store sales for the more than 70 large chains it tracks rose 4.8% in December 2022 compared to December 2021, a slight increase from November’s 4.3% gain. Traffic counts, on the other hand, continued to decline, falling 3.5% year-over-year. It was a slight improvement from a 4.3% drop in visits…