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Placer.ai Mall Index: May 2026

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Shira Petrack
June 9, 2026
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Indoor & Open-Air Formats Maintained Gains Even When Normalizing for Calendar Shift

Year-over-Year Change in Average Daily Visits by Weekday and Mall Format, With Each Format's Calendar-Normalized Monthly Trend

Bars show the year-over-year change in average daily visits for each weekday; dashed lines show each format's calendar-normalized monthly figure.

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