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More than 17,500 UK chain store outlets disappeared as a result of Covid-19

Recent talk of revenge shopping will not be a help to the 17,500 stores that disappeared from the UK’s high streets, shopping centres and retail parks during the pandemic, as figures from the Local Data company (LDC> and Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC)show. An average of 48 shops, restaurants and other leisure and hospitality venues closed...

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Fewer shoppers visit high street

The British high street saw a small dip in its visitors in May, in comparison to 2012. According to the British Retail Consortium and Springboard Footfall Monitor, a 1 percent drop in footflow affected the high street shopping areas, whereas shopping centers saw a 1.7 percent decline. On the upside, out-of-town locations saw a 1.2 percent...

Fashion

Jubilee sees surge in footflow

The Jubilee and bank holiday weekend drew in crowds and shoppers, with footflow up 8.6% compared to the previous year, though it was still down 1.9% in the same week in 2011. Paul Farndon, customer service executive at Experian FootFall, stated: “Week on week there was an 8.6% increase in the National Footfall Index which may be partly due to...