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Curfew and poor weather leads to second week of footfall decline

Overall, retail footfall across all destinations is 31.4% lower than last year   Footfall has declined by 3.5% in the…

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Retail vacancy rate reaches six-year high

Retail shop vacancies have reached a six-year high due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to new research…

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UK footfall jumps 45% during first week of retail trading

Footfall across all UK retail destinations rose by 45% during the first week of non-essential retail reopening (15 June) compared…

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Shop vacancies at highest rate in four years

The number of vacant stores across the UK’s high streets has hit the highest level in over four years. According…

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Retail footfall ‘slumps’ in June

Footfall declined by 2.9% in June, attributed to the “exceptional and ongoing disruptive political and economic period”, according to retail…

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Hot weather increases high street footfall over Easter weekend

High street footfall over the Easter bank holiday weekend increased by 6.5% on Friday, 1.2% on Saturday and 8.4% by…

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Footfall drops for 13th consecutive month in December

Footfall declined for the 13th consecutive month in December, despite heavy discounting by retailers during the festive period. Overall footfall…

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Footfall drops in lead-up to Christmas trading period

Footfall dropped by 0.1% during the second week December, according to the latest figures from Springboard. However, the drop appears…

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Black Friday provided ‘little benefit to struggling high street’

This year’s Black Friday has done “little to help the struggling bricks-and-mortar stores throughout the UK”, according to data from…

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Black Friday footfall expected to drop as shoppers go online

Retail intelligence experts Springboard have forecast that Black Friday and the following weekend will do “very little to help the…

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