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Competitive Position Trend

About: Google Trends-based proxy for local commerce in the region. Source: Google Trends.

e Local commerce across all MSAs has shown an upward trend from January to July 2021 and a dip from July to September 2021.

e In comparison to other MSAs, Tampa has been positioned in the top 5 during most of the months. Tampa was in the No. 1 postion from March to May 2022.

There is no clear trend among the MSAs in terms of online retail. San Antonio was last in tems of competitive trend. There was a short-term boom in Tampa when compared to the other MSAs during June to August 2021. The region performed better during May to July 2022.