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The Manic Monday of retail, London sees 660 percent rise in shoppers

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

Retail

Pent up demand for brick & mortar retail reopening 12 April

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

Retail

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...

7 Apr 2021

Retail

UK footfall increases for 4th consecutive week

New figures released by retail intelligence agency Springboard show shoppers were increasingly willing to travel to retail destinations last week, despite the arctic cold. “Despite Beast from the East 2 hitting virtually all of the UK at some point last week, footfall across retail destinations continued to rise from the week before. The weather...

16 Feb 2021

Retail

2020 footfall dropped to the lowest recorded level

Retail footfall in the UK dropped to a record low in 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic meant that non-essential retailers were forced to close for a total of 18 weeks, according to data from Springboard. Footfall was 39.1 percent lower in 2020, compared to 2019, with Springboard reporting only a “marginal difference” between the individual UK...

25 Jan 2021

Retail

Footfall continues to decline in Lockdown 3.0

As would be inevitable, the second week of Lockdown 3.0 across the UK saw a -68.2 percent decline in footfall over the same period last year, and -12.8 percent week on week. All shopping and retail destinations have been affected by less traffic, although the rate of decline slowed to less than half of the week before, according to the latest...

19 Jan 2021

Retail

In lockdown 3.0, footfall plummets across all retail destinations

Now in lockdown 3.0, closed retailers are seeing a growing decline in footfall, which last week was -27.1 percent from the week before, and -23.2 percent from the previous week. Data from Springboard show footfall declined by -35 percent in shopping centres, -26 percent in high streets and -21.3 percent from the week before In the South East and...

11 Jan 2021

Retail

UK footfall plummets as Tier 4 restrictions introduced in London

Footfall in the UK was rising last week before plummeting following the introduction of new, stricter restrictions on Sunday, according to the latest data from retail experts Springboard. Footfall across all retail destinations increased by 2.3 percent last week - 6.2 percent in shopping centres, 4.9 percent in retail parks. Footfall in high...

22 Dec 2020

Retail

UK retail footfall continues to grow in run-up to Christmas

Footfall across all UK retail destinations rose by 19.5 percent last week from the week before, new research reveals. Shopper traffic increased by 26.3 percent in shopping centres, 21.1 percent in high streets, and 9 percent in retail parks, according to the latest figures from retail experts Springboard. However, despite increases over the past...

14 Dec 2020

Retail

UK sees ‘significant’ rise in retail footfall as English lockdown ends

Footfall across all UK retail destinations increased by 40.3 percent last week from the week before as non-essential stores in England were permitted to reopen following the country’s second national lockdown. Across the UK, footfall increased by 61.1 percent in shopping centres, 40 percent in high streets and 19.1 percent in retail parks,...

7 Dec 2020

Retail

UK footfall suffers, but Lockdown Fatigue shows pent up demand amongst shoppers to visit stores

New figures from Springboard show footfall dramatically dropped in November by -51.2 percent, compared with -31.5 percernt in October and -28.2 percent in September. Footfall declined by -58.7 percent in high streets, -58.8 percent in shopping centres and -26.9 percent in retail parks. The decline in footfall in November was less severe than in...

4 Dec 2020

Retail

Retail footfall plummets in wake of new lockdown

The closure of non essential stores has already led to a -15.4 percent decline in footfall since last week. In the days preceding the lockdown a mini boom saw shoppers flock to high streets and retail centres. Over the four days between Sunday and Thursday, footfall rose from the week before by an average of +11.7 percent and on Tuesday and...

9 Nov 2020