Springboard
This coverage focuses on Springboard’s retail footfall data and insights, examining trends in shopper behaviour across UK high streets, shopping centres, and retail parks. Reporting includes analysis of footfall figures, seasonal patterns, consumer confidence indicators, and the commercial implications for retail strategy. The coverage helps retail managers, brand executives, and decision-makers understand customer flows and adapt operations accordingly.
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Aug- 2021 -25 AugustHigh Street
Footfall dampened by wet weather
Footfall across UK retail destinations fell by -1.7% last week from the week before as wet weather continued to dampen footfall across the nation. According to Springboard, there was a drop of -2.2% in high streets versus more “modest” drops of -1.3% in shopping centres and -1% in retail parks. …
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18 AugustFeatures
The pandemic hasn’t killed footfall analysis
The global pandemic and rising e-commerce seem intrinsically linked, with Covid-19 billed as the virus that inadvertently killed our already ailing high streets. Surely, then, as retailers shift their efforts online footfall analysis is becoming an increasingly irrelevant way to analyse British businesses’ operations both physically and digitally? Well, perhaps…
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10 AugustHigh Street
Summer holidays boost UK footfall
Footfall across UK retail destinations rose by +1.4% last week against the week before, after a rise of +2.4% in the week before last, as the school summer holidays continued to keep footfall buoyant. Across high streets, the increase in activity was nearly double the overall result at a rise…
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Jul- 2021 -27 JulyCoronavirus
Footfall rises 3.3% but ‘pingdemic’ slows growth
Footfall across UK retail destinations rose by 3.3% last week from the week before, however the hot weather and cautiousness around the ‘pingdemic’ slowed growth throughout the week. According to the latest figures from Springboard, footfall rose in all three destination types, but it revealed that the 4.1% increase in…
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19 JulyHigh Street
Footfall set to spike amid ‘Freedom Day’
Footfall across the UK is set to rise by 19.7% this week in the wake of ‘Freedom Day’, according to the latest data from Springboard. It comes as restrictions are set to be lifted in England from today (19 July) onwards. According to Springboard, whilst the removal of restrictions in…
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8 JulyHigh Street
Footfall jumps in first week of June but stalls amid restriction delay
Footfall across UK retail destinations continued to strengthen in June, moving to -22.2% below the 2019 level from -27.5% in May, the strongest result since the start of the pandemic, according to the latest monthly data from Springboard. However, Springboard revealed that the gains were “largely” made in the first…
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Jun- 2021 -29 JuneHigh Street
Footfall remains static due to variable weather
Footfall in the UK remained virtually unchanged over the past week due to variable weather conditions across the country, according to data analysts Springboard. For the week beginning 20 June 2021, week-on-week footfall only fell by 0.2%, which represents a 49.3% rise from the same period last year and a…
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25 JuneEconomy
Long-term WFH may damage ‘perfectly good’ retailers, says BIRA CEO
A permanent working from home post-lockdown model could damage “perfectly good” businesses, according to the British Independent Retailers Association’s (BIRA) CEO. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Andrew Goodacre addressed how businesses in London would specifically be adversely affected by such a change. Goodacre’s intervention comes after research from…
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22 JuneHigh Street
Footfall drops 3.1% following gov announcement
Footfall dropped 3.1% last week following the government’s announcement that the lifting of restrictions will be delayed until 19 July, according to the latest figures from Springboard. For the week beginning 14 June, footfall declined across all types of high streets across the country, with London being the hardest hit…
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8 JuneHigh Street
Half term and warm weather boosts footfall
Footfall across UK retail destinations rose by 11.6% last week from the week before, including a 17.4% increase in high streets, according to the latest figures from Springboard. Across last week Springboard also found a 8.7% increase in footfall in shopping centres and a 2.3% increase in retail parks. In…
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