{"id":164877,"date":"2021-05-17T11:43:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T11:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/weekly-uk-footfall-rises-3-9-in-high-streets-as-shoppers-braved-the-rain\/"},"modified":"2021-05-17T11:43:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T11:43:39","slug":"weekly-uk-footfall-rises-3-9-in-high-streets-as-shoppers-braved-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theindustry.beauty\/weekly-uk-footfall-rises-3-9-in-high-streets-as-shoppers-braved-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly UK footfall rises +3.9% in high streets as shoppers \u201cbraved the rain\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overall footfall for 9 \u2013 15 May, 2021, was +0.5% compared to the week before,<\/strong> wholly driven by a rise of +3.9% in UK high streets as shoppers faced the elements, while footfall in shopping centres and retail parks declined by -2.8% and -3.4% respectively.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Footfall rose by +4.2% in Central London week-on-week<\/strong> as consumer confidence grows and office workers return to the capital, however it remains -61.8% the 2019 level, according to the latest data from retail experts Springboard.<\/p>\n<p>Footfall rose across all types of high street, but the most modest rises were in coastal towns at +0.5%, and historic towns at +1.6%, with a <strong>rise in footfall of +5.7% in market towns<\/strong> evidence that shoppers stayed local.<\/p>\n<p>Diane Wehrle, Insights Director at Springboard, commented: \u201cShoppers braved the ongoing rain and ventured back into retail destinations last week with footfall rising from the week before. However,<strong> it was high streets rather than shopping centres or retail parks that drove the uplift,<\/strong> and the result was a largely a result of a bounce back from a drop in shopper activity that occurred over the bank holiday weekend the week before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Shoppers continued to demonstrate a greater desire to visit their local high streets<\/strong> than large city centres across the UK, although it seems that Central London is becoming more appealing with a rise in footfall last week that was the second highest of any type of high street, only lower than in market towns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith indoor hospitality opening today the return of shoppers to high streets couldn't come at a better time, suggesting we will see a further uplift in footfall as the opportunity to eat and drink inside protected from the elements will give shoppers an incentive to visit high streets more frequently and dwell longer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overall footfall for 9 \u2013 15 May, 2021, was +0.5% compared to the week before, wholly driven by a rise of +3.9% in UK high streets as shoppers faced the elements, while footfall in shopping centres and retail parks declined by -2.8% and -3.4% respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":143781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10585,20825,20824,6,10494],"tags":[9879,12159,9982,9981],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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