Footfall
This coverage explores footfall trends and their impact on the UK retail sector. Reporting includes data on shopper visits, analysis of high street and shopping centre traffic, seasonal fluctuations, and the effectiveness of initiatives to drive in-store engagement. Designed for retail executives and managers, it offers insights to inform operational planning, marketing strategies, and store performance evaluations.
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Jun- 2020 -24 JuneHigh Street
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 with the previous week, according to new data from Springboard. The retail insights firm said the clearest indication of the impact of non-essential retail reopening is evident from the uplifts…
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22 JuneComment
The perfect storm?
There is something of a ‘perfect storm’ for our town centres… Fewer shops trading than a few months ago, big brands announcing further closures, plans already on the table for repurposing retail space no longer viable, travel restrictions making it harder for people to reach town centres, now fewer people…
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19 JuneAdvice
How e-commerce can maintain business continuity in the face of Covid-19
Covid-19 and the government stay-at-home and shutdown orders have wreaked havoc on the retail industry. Footfall was down 44.7% in March. High street stores without ecommerce operations saw sales collapse. Primark, for instance, saw its monthly sales of £650m a month evaporate. And whilst ecommerce retailers have the advantage of…
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16 JuneCoronavirus
Footfall up 41% yesterday morning as shoppers returned to high streets
Retail footfall across high streets, shopping centres and retail parks in England increased by 41.7% yesterday morning (15 June) in comparison to last week, and by 51.7% in England’s high streets, according to the latest data from retail experts Springboard. The 51.7% rise in footfall in high streets from last…
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15 JuneCoronavirus
Retailers to suffer for ‘some time to come’, says BRC
Footfall across the UK tumbled by 81.6% in May, as the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has warned that retailers may suffer lower footfall and sales “for some time to come”. According to its latest report, the decline recorded in May marked a “shallower decline” than the month prior, as certain…
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11 JuneComment
Retail experience will never be the same
While COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the UK’s retail sector, it should not come as a surprise to see the high street in peril. Even prior to the outbreak, retailers had endured a torrid twelve months – a poor Christmas period had led into a traditionally weaker opening…
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10 JuneClothing & Shoes
Quiz places loss-making stores into administration
Quiz has revealed it is placing the division that runs some of its loss-making stores into administration. Quiz said that in order to “protect the future” of the company it has decided to appoint joint administrators from KPMG to the group’s 82 standalone stores in the United Kingdom and the…
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8 JuneCoronavirus
Footfall begins ‘journey to recovery’ in May
Consumer footfall may have begun its “long journey to recovery” in the month of May, according to the latest figures from Springboard. Whilst footfall dropped by 73.3% in May, this still marked a “marginal improvement” from the month prior, when footfall saw a decline of 80.1% in light of the…
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5 JuneCoronavirus
Online sales reach 10-year high
British retailers recorded a 10-year high for online sales in May while the continued lockdown measures kept high streets empty, according to new figures by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO. According to BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker (HSST), total like-for-like sales, consisting of both in-store and non-store sales, declined…
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2 JuneCoronavirus
Card Factory profits slide in full-year results
Card Factory has revealed that its underlying profit before tax fell 11.8% to £67.2m for the year ended 31 January 2020. In the same period, like-for-like sales were down 0.5%, reflecting “weak” consumer confidence and a decline in high street footfall in the second half of the year. Nonetheless, the…
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