Placer.ai: Mall visits rise for 2nd consecutive month in May

Memorial Day helped boost traffic to indoor, outdoor and outlet malls in May. Retail data firm Placer.ai's Mall Index for May 2025 revealed that mall visits in May followed a strong performance in April by increasing 5.2% year over year. Indoor malls posted the largest gains with a 6.7% increase in visits, followed by open-air shopping centers (+5.0%) and outlet malls (+3.9%).