Shopping Malls See Traffic Growth in First Half of 2026

U.S. shopping malls showed traffic growth across the first half of 2026, with open-air malls seeing a 4.7% improvement, indoor malls 1.9% traffic growth, and outlet malls up 1%. “The category’s combination of retail, dining, entertainment, and one-stop convenience may be helping malls resonate with a broader audience in an environment where consumers remain selective about discretionary spending,” the Placer.ai report authors stated (more).