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Retail footfall drops 'more than expected' in August

Retail footfall in the UK dropped more than expected in August, falling -9.8 percent against August 2018 after a promising recovery in recent months. According to Ipsos Retail Performance’s Retail Traffic Index, the deficit was the worst since last July 2018. Against July, average weekly footfall in the month was down 5.4 percent. London and the...

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UK footfall drops year-on-year in July

Shopper numbers fell by 3.8 percent year-on-year in July, a slight improvement on the 3.9 percent deficit in June. According to Retail Traffic Index figures from Ipsos Retail Performance, hot weather during the first week of school holidays hit footfall hard, with shopper numbers in the last week of July - typically the busiest week of the...

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Marginal drop in retail footfall

According to Synovate Retail Traffic Index, UK retail footfall was down only marginally in March 2009, compared to the same period in 2008. Month-on-month, the figures for March 2009 showed a 4.2 per cent increase compared to February. We shouldn't over-egg the significance of one month's figures, nor should we be over-surprised that shoppers...

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July marks further decline in shop visitors

Figures released today from the Retail Traffic Index (RTI), the national metric measuring the number of shoppers visiting retail stores, from analyst SPSL, show that numbers fell by 2.0% in July against the same month of 2007, but rose by 8.1% against a very lacklustre June. SPSL’s retail psychologist, Dr Tim Denison explains; “The latest data...

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UK retail traffic sees uplift

For the second month in a row, retail footfall was up on last year according to the first of the key indicators to be released. The Retail Traffic Index from research group SPSL, released today, saw April shoppers numbers up by 2.6% on April 2006, which also had Easter in it last year, and up by 11.4% on March. According to Dr. Tim Denison,...

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Shopper numbers down for 10th consecutive month

Retail research group SPSL's Retail Traffic Index for May showed shopper number falls of 3 % year-on-year and 2.7% against April. This makes it 10 months out of the last 12 in which a year-on-year decline has been recorded. Neither of the two May Bank Holiday weekends recorded year-on-year improvements in the number of shopping trips made. For...

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Consumer Demand Still Steady

Consumers are still shopping and spending healthily according to the Retail Traffic Index. The latest figures show that UK shopper numbers have increased by 1.8 per cent on March last year. This is the fourth consecutive month that has seen year-on-year growth.