ARC Weekly Website Performance - Week 25

ARC Liquor Stores

Weekly Reporting • GA4 + Intent Tracking

Reporting window: August 31–September 6, 2026
Comparison: August 24–30
Focus: Audience Rebound • Exceptional Engagement
ARC Liquor Stores • Weekly Reporting • Week 25

Weekly Performance Report

A weekly leadership snapshot covering traffic, engagement, store-page performance, acquisition channels and customer-intent actions across ARC's connected digital platform.

Monday–Sunday: August 31–September 6 vs August 24–30
Enhanced Leadership View – Week 25
Alongside the established Gold Standard report, an enhanced leadership layout is available with a visual scorecard, trend tracker and expanded interpretation.
1) Executive Snapshot

Leadership takeaway (Week 25)

Week 25 delivered a decisive rebound across ARC's digital platform, with 490 sessions (▲41.2%), 489 engaged sessions (▲41.3%), 382 active users (▲44.2%) and 348 new users (▲54.7%). Organic Search also recovered strongly to 345 sessions (▲30.2%).

The standout result was engagement. Average engagement increased to 4m 23s (▲269.2%), while total events reached 3,060 (▲42.7%), key events reached 2,830 (▲48.4%), total clicks rose to 168 (▲20.0%) and Click-to-Shop increased to 127 (▲13.4%).

Sessions
490
▲ 41.2%
Avg. Engagement
4m 23s
▲ 269.2%
Click-to-Shop
127
▲ 13.4%
What matters most for leadership
Week 24 showed that ARC could preserve customer intent despite a smaller audience. Week 25 added the missing ingredient: reach returned strongly, and the larger audience interacted much more deeply. ARC gained both scale and engagement quality in the same week.

Weekly wins

  • Sessions: increased 41.2% to 490.
  • New users: increased 54.7% to 348.
  • Average engagement: increased 269.2% to 4m 23s.
  • Organic Search: 345 sessions, up 30.2%.
  • Direct traffic: 103 sessions, up 157.5%.
  • AI Assistant: 21 sessions, up 61.5%, with 5m 22s average engagement.
  • Harvey Avenue: 142 page views, a strong rebound from Week 24.

Watch list

  • Referral: 19 sessions, down 32.1%.
  • Form submissions: 45, down from 60.
  • Form starts: 40, down from 46.
  • Click-to-Product: 9, down slightly from 10.
  • Emily pages: excellent engagement depth, but only three active users on each page means the sample remains small.

PDF report download

The PDF contains the complete Week 25 analysis, supporting GA4 screenshots, acquisition data, store-page performance, event tracking and recommended actions.

Key highlightsSessions: 490 • Avg. Engagement: 4m 23s • Clicks: 168 • Click-to-Shop: 127
2) KPI Scorecard
MetricWeek 25WoW change
Active users382▲ 44.2%
New users348▲ 54.7%
Sessions490▲ 41.2%
Engaged sessions489▲ 41.3%
Page views978▲ 45.3%
Average engagement time4m 23s▲ 269.2%
Total events3,060▲ 42.7%
Key events2,830▲ 48.4%
Click-to-Shop127▲ 13.4%
3) Store & Content Page Performance

Store-page performance rebounded across most of the network. Harvey Avenue led ARC with 142 views, while Vernon and Glenmore also strengthened materially. Meet Emily and Emily Selects both entered the Top 10, providing a useful early signal for the expanding Emily customer journey.

PageViewsWoW note
Home-Harvey Ave142▲ 86.8%
ARC Liquor All Stores79▲ 11.3%
Home-Vernon76▲ 52.0%
Home-Glenmore71▲ 51.1%
Home-Guisachan67▲ 11.7%
Home-Vernon Square Mall53▲ 12.8%
Home-Revelstoke37▼ 11.9%
Meet Emily26▲ 85.7%
Emily Selects25Top 10
Emily interpretation
Meet Emily recorded 9m 40s average engagement and Emily Selects 16m 01s. Those are striking engagement times, but each page involved only three active users. These should therefore be treated as encouraging early-depth signals rather than broad customer-demand evidence.
GA4 Pages & Screens ReportGA4 Pages and Screens for Week 25
4) Traffic Sources
ChannelSessionsWoW note
Organic Search345▲ 30.2%
Direct103▲ 157.5%
AI Assistant21▲ 61.5%
Referral19▼ 32.1%
Unassigned1Minimal
Interpretation
Organic Search recovered strongly and remains ARC's dominant source. Direct traffic more than doubled, while AI Assistant sessions rose to 21. The AI Assistant audience is still small, but its 5m 22s average engagement and 15.81 events per session make the quality signal increasingly interesting.
GA4 Traffic Acquisition ReportGA4 Traffic Acquisition for Week 25
GA4 User Acquisition ReportGA4 User Acquisition for Week 25
5) Events Snapshot
EventWeek 25WoW change
page_view978▲ 45.3%
user_engagement674▲ 54.9%
session_start490▲ 45.4%
first_visit348▲ 57.5%
scroll172▲ 182.0%
click168▲ 20.0%
click_to_shop127▲ 13.4%
form_submit45▼ 25.0%
form_start40▼ 13.0%
click_to_product9▼ 10.0%
Interpretation
The recovery extended well beyond traffic volume. Page views, user engagement, scrolling, clicks and Click-to-Shop all increased. Forms were the principal exception and deserve a focused review rather than being allowed to obscure the broader improvement in customer activity.
GA4 Events ReportGA4 Events for Week 25
6) Intent Tracking (ARC → Barnet)

Click-to-Shop: 127 actions, up 13.4%. Click-to-Product: 9 actions, down 10.0%. Form submissions: 45, down 25.0%. Total clicks: 168, up 20.0%.

Leadership interpretation
Week 25 combined renewed reach with stronger customer action. Click-to-Shop increased alongside sessions rather than being diluted by the larger audience, while total clicks also strengthened. ARC therefore gained scale without sacrificing commercial intent.
7) Recommended Next Steps
  • Protect Organic Search momentum: identify the queries and landing pages behind the 30.2% recovery.
  • Understand Direct growth: investigate the 157.5% increase and determine the contribution from bookmarks, campaigns and attribution.
  • Monitor AI Assistant: continue tracking this small but increasingly high-engagement acquisition source.
  • Measure Emily carefully: preserve a clean baseline and monitor customer movement from Emily content into products and shopping actions.
  • Review forms: investigate why starts and submissions softened while broader engagement strengthened.
  • Maintain attribution quality: Unassigned traffic is now minimal and should remain that way.
In Summary

Week 25 was one of ARC's strongest recent digital weeks. Audience reach returned, Organic Search recovered, Direct traffic accelerated, engagement deepened dramatically and customer actions strengthened. The opportunity now is to understand which parts of this improvement are repeatable and convert that momentum into sustained customer growth.

Quote of the week
Week 25 brought the audience back — and this time they stayed, explored and acted.
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Prepared for ARC Liquor leadership • GA4 Property: ARC Liquor Stores • Week 25 • August 31–September 6, 2026


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GA4 Glossary (quick reference)

A quick guide to the core metrics used in this report.

Active users

Unique people who actively visited during the reporting window.

New users

First-time visitors in the reporting window.

Sessions

Total visits. One person can generate multiple sessions.

Engaged sessions

Sessions where the visitor showed meaningful engagement.

Event count

Total tracked interactions, including views, clicks, scrolls, forms and shopping actions.

Key events

Events marked as important in GA4 for conversion-style reporting.