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Easter weekend delivers a footfall boost but store visits dip

The latest footfall data from Sensormatic Solutions, the global retail solutions portfolio of Johnson Controls, has revealed that Easter delivered a weekly boost to footfall in the UK as shoppers splashed out on seasonal treats and entertaining over the four-day Bank holiday weekend. Data from Sensormatic’s ShopperTrak Analytics insights...

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US consumers projected to spend 23.6 billion dollars over Easter weekend

Ahead of the Easter weekend, the National Retail Federation (NRF) has released its annual survey projecting consumer spending for the holiday period. Together with Prosper Insights, the organisation said consumers were planning to spend a total of 23.6 billion dollars on Easter this year, up from the 22.4 billion dollars spent in 2024. While...

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GlobalData: UK shoppers expected to spend 2.3 billion pounds over Easter weekend

New data collected by analytics company GlobalData has suggested that consumers in the UK could be on the verge of spending 2.3 billion pounds over the coming Easter weekend. According to a new report from the data firm, 40 percent of shoppers stated they were planning to “spend more this year” over the holiday period. On average, customers are...

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Louis Vuitton turns egg bag into a chocolate Easter egg

French fashion house Louis Vuitton has teamed up with pastry chef Maxime Frédéric to launch a range of Easter chocolates, including an Easter egg inspired by a bag designed by Nicolas Ghesquière, artistic director of the women's collections. The iconic Egg bag from the Louis Vuitton spring/summer 2019 collection has been transformed into...

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Heelys teams up with Peeps for the sweetest collaboration

Heelys has teamed up with the Peeps brand, best known for its bright marshmallow treats, to create a fun, limited-edition capsule collection. Launching in time for Easter, the collaboration sees the sneaker brand with wheels infuse their signature styles with playful and whimsical touches from Peeps. The new Peeps x Heelys shoes feature an...

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Footfall improves over Easter Weekend, but still below 2019 levels

UK footfall rose by 2 percent compared to the week before over the long Easter Weekend from April 15 to 18, according to the latest data from Ipsos. Retail parks saw the strongest week-over-week improvement with an increase of 7 percent, followed by high streets with a 5.9 percent improvement. Meanwhile, shopping centres saw a 5.3 percent drop...

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Easter heatwave expected to boost high street footfall by 17 percent

With a mini ‘heatwave’ expected to blaze across the UK over the Easter holiday, footfall will be buoyed by the good weather and the first Easter without restrictions in two years. For the UK’s high street the holiday weekend looks especially rosy, with a 6 percent rise in footfall expected on Good Friday, 17 percent rise on Easter Saturday and 5...

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Easter weekend saw surge in footfall as shoppers await reopenings

The cold weather on Easter Monday put only a slight damper on the long weekend as consumers are eager to see an end to restrictions. Footfall across all UK destinations rose 8.5 percent last week, with high streets up 9 percent and retail parks 9.7 percent, according to the latest figures from Springboard. Having passed the anniversary of...

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Easter weekend retail footfall drops by 83 percent

Brits avoided the temptation of a Bank Holiday heatwave by staying at home, following Government guidance during the coronavirus outbreak, resulting in what the retail industry is calling an “unforgettable” Easter weekend as footfall dropped by 83 percent in comparison to 2019. Latest data from retail intelligence experts Springboard reveals...

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Bank holiday sunshine boosts footfall

The hot and sunny weather over the Easter bank holiday has had a “hugely positive result” for the retail industry, according to figures from Springboard, which shows that footfall rose by 6.5 percent on Good Friday, up by 1.2 percent on Saturday and an increase of 8.4 percent by 12pm on Easter Monday. On Friday and Saturday, all of the rise was...

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Springboard predicts Easter footfall to increase

Retail experts Springboard are predicting that retail footfall will bounce back from the 2018 decline to be 2.1 percent higher in comparison to last year’s results when it dropped by 3.3 percent. It is expecting the high street to have the greatest rise in footfall, increasing by 4.1 percent in comparison to a decline of 7.1 percent from Easter...

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Westfield attracts “significant visitors” over Easter

While wet weather kept shoppers off the high street over Easter, shopping centre Westfield has reported a “significant” increase of 18 percent in visitors compared to last year, over the Easter bank holiday weekend. Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City attracted more than 940,000 shoppers over the long weekend, with Easter Saturday...