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Footfall on the rise as workers return to offices

The first week of September has seen footfall increase on UK high streets by 2.6 percent where many workplaces are located, with Greater London high streets seeing an increase of 5.3 percent. The latest data from retail experts Springboard reveals that footfall across all retail destinations throughout the UK rose by 0.4 percent last week,...

7 Sep 2020

Retail

UK high street vacancy rate highest since 2014

The latest figures from Springboard show the UK’s retail footfall strengthened for the third consecutive month in August, but vacancies rates are sharply increasing. Shop vacancies rose in July to 10.8 percent from 9.8 percent in January 2020, which means it is now the highest level since January 2014. While smaller high streets continued to...

3 Sep 2020

Retail

UK footfall rose by 6 percent in last week of August

Footfall across all UK retail destinations rose by 6 percent over the week up to Saturday, August 29, leading to an annual decline of 26.1 percent, a “noticeable improvement” on the year-on-year drop of 30.7 percent in the week before, explained retail experts Springboard. The final week of August was boosted by the last full week of the Eat Out...

1 Sep 2020

Retail

UK footfall increases fourfold, helped by increase in London

Footfall across all retail destinations throughout the UK rose by 4.1 percent last week from the week before, a “significant acceleration” from the previous week of 0.8 percent and 1.8 percent increase in the same week last year. The latest data from retail experts Springboard reveals that the overall UK result was driven by rises in footfall of...

24 Aug 2020

Retail

Footfall remains a third lower than in 2019

UK high streets are still feeling the ongoing effects of the coronavirus lockdown with footfall figures for August 2-8 still remaining more than a third lower than in 2019, with a year-on-year decline last week of 34 percent. The figures from retail footfall experts Springboard did show that footfall across all retail destinations throughout the...

10 Aug 2020

Retail

Hospitality sector boosts high street footfall

The UK high street was given a boost in July following the reopening of the hospitality sector, states retail experts Springboard, as the footfall strengthened as much in July as it did in June when retail reopened indicating the “importance” of this sector for bricks and mortar retail. For the four weeks covering July 5 to August 1, Springboard...

6 Aug 2020

Retail

UK retail footfall sees ‘modest uplift’ as face masks become mandatory in England

Footfall across all retail throughout the UK rose by 2.8 percent last week from the previous week, according to new data. However, in England where face coverings have now been mandatory for a full week in retail stores, there was only a 2.5 percent increase in footfall across all destinations. This is compared to a 4 percent increase in the...

4 Aug 2020

Retail

UK footfall continues to improve, despite mandatory face coverings

Footfall across all UK retail destinations rose over the week, from July 19 to 25 by 4.4 percent, a similar rise to the week before when footfall increase by 4.5 percent, reveals the latest data from retail experts Springboard. In England, footfall increased by 4 percent versus a rise of 6.4 percent in Scotland, however, in Northern Ireland and...

27 Jul 2020

Retail

UK footfall unable to sustain double digit growth

Footfall across all UK retail destinations rose by 4.5 percent last week, from the week before, but was unable to sustain double digital growth following “reopening rush,” states retail experts Springboard. Figures reveal that while footfall increased by 4.5 percent, it was less than half the rise of the 10.6 percent increase that occurred...

20 Jul 2020

Retail

As stores reopen, retail continues to suffer, despite initial surge in footfall

As stores reopened and non-essential retailers welcomed shoppers in June, footfall was down 56.6 percent compared to 2019. Desite the increase in traffic over May, when comparable footfall was down 73.3 percent, the +44 percent increase in the first week of reopening quickly subdued in the latter two weeks. Key differences between destinations...

13 Jul 2020

Retail

Rise in footfall: Brits head back to the high street

The high street saw a surge in footfall over the weekend, as easing of restrictions and opening of leisure businesses saw a 19.6 percent rise on Saturday and 28.3 rise on Sunday in comparison to the weekend before. Latest data from Springboard reveals London footfall rose by even more than across England; by 26 percent on Saturday and by over 40...

6 Jul 2020

Retail

UK footfall up 45 percent as stores reopen, but London suffers

A week after non-essential stores have reopened, the latest data from retail Intelligence experts Springboard reveals footfall between Monday 15th June and Sunday 21st June, across all UK retail destinations, rose by 45 percent from the previous week. In retail destinations footfall rose by 46.7 percent from the week before, compared with just...

23 Jun 2020