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UK Boxing Day footfall plummets, as online spending soars

UK shoppers are expected to spend a record 1.9 billion pounds online on Boxing Day, the biggest online shopping day of the year. In 2019 shoppers spent 1.2 billion pounds online on Christmas Day while on Boxing Day 4.3 billion pounds was spent in High Streets and online. Except this year much of the high street remains closed. Footfall plummets...

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...

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...

Retail

New tiered Covid-19 restrictions have ‘immediate impact’ on UK footfall

The government’s new three-tier system to mitigate the spread of covid-19 in the UK has had an “immediate impact” on shopper traffic. Footfall fell by 3.1 percent across all retail destinations last week from the week before, with similar rates of decline experienced across all three destination types (-2.8 percent in high streets, -3 percent in...

Retail

UK high street footfall drops as new 10pm curfew introduced

UK footfall across all retail destinations in the UK fell by 3 percent last week from the week before as a new 10 closure of hospitality outlets was enforced. The overall decline was driven by high streets, where footfall was down 6.8 percent, while retail parks and shopping centres were up slightly 1.1 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively....

Fashion

UK footfall hit by coronavirus

UK retail footfall suffered a 12.7 percent year-on-year decrease on Friday as concerns over coronavirus continue to mount, according to Ipsos Retail Performance. The day also marked the first time cases of Covid-19 exceeded 100 in the UK. The first weekend of the month - Sunday 1 March - did see a slight increase of 0.2 percent year-on-year,...