March delivered a sharp shock to UK retail destinations with a decline in footfall from February, according to retail analyst, Springboard. This was the first month on month decline in footfall in March since MRI Springboard started publishing its data in January 2009, except for March in 2018 when the Beast from the East hit
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In the face of the cost-of-living crisis, last week offered a glimmer of optimism for retailers with a rise in footfall across UK retail destinations from the week before. This result is in line with pre Covid trends when footfall rose across UK retail destinations in the equivalent week in every year since 2013. The
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The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has released its ‘State of Trade’ analysis for Q2, noting some interesting trends currently shaping the retail scene in Britain. We have just been through the worst performance for retail sales since before the pandemic. Essential food sales are holding up whereas non-food – often discretionary expenditure – has been
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After a promising start to Christmas trading, UK retail footfall is now facing drop in high streets as the impact of emergency Plan B restrictions begin to show. Springboard Marketing and Insights Director, Diane Wehrle, comments on the most recent retail footfall figures, saying: “The hoped for pre-Christmas boost in trading did not materialise last
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According to retail analyst, Springboard, from Sunday 21st November through to Saturday 4th January, it is predicted that footfall across all UK retail destinations will average -17% lower than 2019, continuing the current trajectory seen in September 2021 with footfall down -17.4%. The anticipated supply issues facing retailers this year is likely to lead to
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The marketing and insights director of retail analyst, Springboard, Diane Wehrle, has reported on the latest footfall figures, saying: “In what was the second full week of lockdown across the UK footfall in retail destinations once again declined from the previous week, although the rate of decline slowed to less than half of that in
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