You can't blame declining foot traffic for pushing mall retailers to close stores. "After a relatively weak summer performance, malls rebounded sharply in October 2025, with foot traffic to indoor malls, open-air shopping centers, and outlet malls rising significantly both year over year (YoY) and month over month (MoM)," according to data from Placer.ai. That's likely a good sign for the holiday season. "All mall formats saw clear YoY visit gains in October 2025, potentially signaling renewed consumer ...