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Behavioral & Folklore · weekly ban:low tC

Dollar-store parking-lot traffic via public traffic cams

vehicle count in Dollar General/Family Dollar lots from public traffic/security cams where visible

Feed detail
Measures
vehicle count in Dollar General/Family Dollar lots from public traffic/security cams where visible
Source
local 511 town traffic cams near dollar-store anchored strip centers
Access
cv-webcam
Cadence
weeklyupdates roughly weekly
Thesis
Dollar-store traffic surges are a classic trade-down signal that leads reported comp-sales by weeks
Maps to
DG, DLTR, trade-down consumer basket
Crowdedness
contested
Tier
tC
Ban-risk
ban:low
Where this stands

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