Once on death's door, suburban shopping malls are getting a second chance at life as coronavirus pandemic-fatigued shoppers return in search of retail therapy.
New data from analytics firm Placer.ai shows mall traffic at some of the nation's top 50 U.S. malls rose 86% year-over-year in March 2021. Placer.ai develops mall metrics by pinging mobile data devices at 50 top-tier malls and using that information to detect traffic patterns.