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US mall foot traffic rose 2.5% for the latest four-week period from a year earlier, as the Thanksgiving holiday approached, according to Thasos Mall REIT Foot Traffic Index.
Growth, as shown by mobile phone usage in malls, had slowed in
September and October ahead of the key shopping season.
The SPDR S&P Retail ETF fell 1.2%, while the S&P 500 gained 2.9% over the past month.
The ETF had a 0.66 correlation with the
Thasos Index from August 2016 through
March 2019, according to Thasos. The ETF is made up of both brick-and-mortar retailers and online businesses like Amazon.com Inc and GrubHub Inc.
The Thasos index measures mobile-phone location data from five
of the largest US Mail REITS — Simon Property Group Inc, Brookfield Property Partners LP, Macerich Co Taubman Centers Inc and Washington Prime Group Inc.
At least 50% of the properties of these five REITs are enclosed malls and shopping centres.