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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....

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

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,...

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....