Cyber Monday was a bonanza for retailers when Black Friday was more subdued in footfall on the high street. Retailers saw an increase in the volume of payments in comparison to last year’s shopping event. Data from Barclaycard Payments show payment volume increased 16.7 per cent compared Cyber Monday 2020, with a 4.5 per cent increase in...
30 Nov 2021
Retail experts Springboard have forecast UK footfall across all retail destinations is set to rise by 7.9 percent in the week leading up to Black Friday. The biggest increase will be seen over Black Friday weekend where footfall will peak on Friday with an expected rise of 19 percent and continue into the weekend with rises of 13 percent on...
21 Nov 2021
October’s footfall figures could spell a positive holiday season, as high street, shopping centres and retail parks was down -13.4 percent than in 2019, compared with -17.4 percent in September. Springboard’s monthly footfall figures are hugely encouraging and in line with the company’s forecast for Q4 of 2021. The final week of the month, which...
4 Nov 2021
A potential supply chain crisis this holiday season will see shoppers start early, with retail footfall expected to see greater boosts over Black Friday than the week prior to Christmas. The widespread awareness amongst consumers of potential issues is likely to lead to shoppers bringing their Christmas purchasing forward to November in order...
11 Oct 2021
Despite the shortages of petrol and panic buying at supermarkets, the UK saw a rise in footfall across all retail destinations, according to the latest figures from Springboard. Visitor numbers were up 2.7 percent over last week, with high street seeing the biggest increase of 3,7 percent and shopping centres 2.3 percent. In central London,...
28 Sep 2021
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
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