While UK footfall dropped 4.2 percent last week compared to the week before, there were signs the shift of workers going back to the office has commenced, new data reveals. The drop in footfall across all retail destinations meant the gap from the 2019 footfall level widened to -17.3 percent from -15.8 percent the week before. The week’s biggest...
13 Sep 2021
The UK’s appetite for shopping improved in August, as British shoppers returned to the high street and shopping centres. Data released by Springboard were down -18.6 percent compared to -24.2 percent in July. Footfall declined -24 percent in shopping centres and -2.4 percent in retail parks, with Central London down -38 percent. London shoppers...
2 Sep 2021
August retail has so far seen sales decline by 1.5 percent versus last month, according to figures from the ONS. In July sales rose 3.9 percent compared to June. “Following the Euro 2020 related boost in June, retail sales fell in July to their lowest level since shops reopened in April, but still remain well above pre-pandemic levels,” said...
23 Aug 2021
Footfall across UK retail destinations increased by 3.3 percent last week compared to the one before. It rose across all three destination types, up 4.1 percent in shopping centres, 3.3 percent in high streets, and 2.5 percent in retail parks, according to the latest figures from Springboard. Footfall jumped by 16.5 percent on ‘Freedom Day’...
26 Jul 2021
Footfall continued to strengthen in June following the further easing of lockdown restrictions, but it stagnated towards the end of the month when ‘Freedom Day’ was pushed back to July. For the five-week period from May 31 to July 4, footfall across UK retail destinations was 22.2 percent below the pre-Covid 2019 level, the strongest result...
8 Jul 2021
Footfall across all UK retail destinations dropped by a marginal 0.2 percent last week compared to the week before, new data reveals. The small fall was driven by a drop of 2 percent in retail parks, while there were small increases in high streets and shopping centres of 0.2 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively. That’s according to the latest...
28 Jun 2021
Shopper numbers improved across the UK’s retail destinations last month but still remained significantly below 2019 levels as record rain dampened footfall. Total UK footfall increased by 12.3 percent last month compared to April, but further gains were “muted” by wet weather and limitations on dining capacity at reopened hospitality venues,...
4 Jun 2021
Footfall across UK retail destinations rose by 6.7 percent last week from the week before, boosted by sunny weather over the bank holiday weekend, new data shows. Shoppers made the most of the bank holiday weekend, with an average increase over Thursday and Friday of 20.6 percent, according to the latest figures by Springboard. Footfall rose by...
1 Jun 2021
Footfall across retail destinations in the UK rose by 0.5 percent last week, driven by a 3.9 percent increase across high streets. Retail parks and shopping centres saw drops of 3.4 percent and 2.8 percent, respectively. Footfall rose across all types of high street, but the most modest rises of 0.5 percent and +1.6 percent were in coastal and...
17 May 2021
The first bank holiday of 2021 after the easing of restrictions kept shoppers at bay as the wet weather saw high street footfall drop -6.1 percent in comparison to the week before. Instead, footfall rose by 2.8 percent in shopping centres and 1.6 percent in retail parks. In contrast, in Scotland and Northern Ireland following the opening of...
4 May 2021
No turn of bad weather, chill or flurry, could keep the Brits away from the high streets on Monday, as lockdown entered a less restrictive phase. With many stores and some pubs reopening, the pent-up return to freedom felt for many like a release from prison. The UK’s lockdown has been arduous and one of the longest and strictest in the world....
13 Apr 2021
As the UK prepares to ease retail restrictions, pent up demand from shoppers for brick and mortar stores was more than evident in March when shoppers to the high street and other retail destinations. Footfall appeared to recover strongly in March according to Springboard, which cited an annual decline of -28.1 percent, up from from -61 percent...
8 Apr 2021
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