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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...

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Retailers braced for Easter footfall boost

Retail intelligence expert Springboard has given retailers some good news as it forecasts a spike in footfall over the long Easter weekend, due to the timing of national payday before Easter, mild spring weather and the continued trend for consumer spending focussed on leisure and hospitality trips. Springboard is predicting that shopper numbers...

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Storm Katie drives Easter shoppers online

As the UK was battling Storm Katie over Easter weekend, shoppers stayed clear of the high street and flocked online, according to PCA Predict’s real-time tracker, Big Data Labs. Ecommerce transactions were up by 7 percent across the Easter weekend, indicating that shoppers chose to head online than brave the storm. That compares with an overall...

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Easter saw decline in UK shoppers

With only a few rays of sunshine over the Easter weekend - on Good Friday - it was unsurprising to see a drop in retail footfall, which fell 6.4 percent on last year. There were predictions for a small rise in visitors to stores and shopping centres over the four-day holiday, however the only increase was on sunny Friday, which saw a 9.2 percent...

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UK's Easter retail forecast remains subdued

London - Unlike Black Friday and Christmas, Easter is a more subdued holiday for retailers, but with a long weekend and signs of good weather, it's often the first major shopping event in the new year. However early estimations make this year's outlook set to be different. Retail intelligence experts Springboard have predicted the four day...