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Footfall rises fourfold last week
RETAIL NEWS
Retail footfall across all
destinations in the UK
jumped 4.1% last week,
a four-fold increase
on the week before.
Last week’s footfall
surge driven by big
recoveries in Greater
London and the South East.
UK retail footfall grew 4.1 per cent last week,
a four fold increase from the previous seven
day period.
According to insights firm Springboard, the
latest data compares to a rise of 0.8 per cent
in the prior week and 1.8 per cent in the
same week last year.
The figures also reveal that shopping centres
saw the biggest footfall uplift at 7.1 per cent,
followed by high streets at 3.2 per cent and
retail parks at 2.7 per cent.
Springboard said the overall footfall was
boosted by significant growth in Greater
London and the South East, where there
were respective increases of 6.8 per cent
and 7.1 per cent.
This marked a reversal on the previous week
when footfall in both regions declined, and
they were also better than the same week last
year when footfall only rose by 1.6 per cent
in Greater London and by 2.2 per cent in
the South East.
Springboard insights director Diane Wehrle
said increased quarantine measures imposed
on returning overseas holiday makers had
a positive effect on UK footfall.
“Footfall in UK retail destinations last week not
only rose on a week-on-week basis, but the
uplift was more than four times as large as
the week before, and two and a half times as
large as the same week last year,” she said.
“The outcome is a further incremental
recovery in footfall compared with 2019,
and the sixteenth consecutive week in which
the annual decline has lessened which offers
a glimmer of hope for retailers.”