U.S. retail traffic jumped over Memorial Day weekend - cellphone data

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the photos from beach and lake resorts made clear, many Americans dropped their guard over a temperate Memorial Day weekend, set aside coronavirus fears, and surged outside their homes, data from cellphone location companies showed in one of the strongest signs yet of the economic reopening taking hold in the country.Data from Unacast estimated visits to some beach towns in southern states, including Alabama and Texas, roughly doubled from May 22-25 over the holiday..