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Now that we are well into April, the full extent of how bad UK retail was in March is becoming clearer. On Monday, Springboard released its definitive roundup of March footfall and said that it was down 6%.
The Easter long holiday weekend started poorly in the UK and it ended with just as much of a whimper, rather than a big bang.
Easter weekend footfall to UK stores could be up… or down, according to footfall tracker Springboard. And no, that’s not the company hedging its bets. It’s just that the weather could send the figures either way
UK shopper footfall delivered a mix of bad news and not quite so bad for February. The monthly report from the BRC/Springboard on Monday showed a 0.5% decline, which was better than the 1% drop seen this time last year.
January retail footfall dropped in the UK with the 1.6% fall being bigger than the 1.3% drop a year ago. But at least it’s better than the three-month average of 1.8% that really underlined how tough UK retail is.
Footfall to retai parks, malls and high streets dropped during December in the UK but worse still, the store capture rate fell too as stores struggled to get shoppers through their doors.
The number of people visiting British stores in December showed its biggest decline for five years, illustrating how retail is being transformed by online shopping, a survey showed on Monday.
There was a little good news and plenty of bad for UK retail on Tuesday morning as footfall tracking specialist Springboard released its figures for New Year’s Eve and January 1.
More mainly bad news about UK retail came Monday. New footfall figures showed store traffic was well down on last year and this weekend won’t offer much relief, even if the five days to Friday should be more buoyant.
Footfall increased by 1.8% in the week commencing December 4 compared to the previous week, but numbers are still low compared to 2016 despite Christmas approaching.
