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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Jun- 2020 -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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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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May- 2020 -27 MayHigh Street
Bank Holiday footfall surges 50% as lockdown eased
High street footfall surged 49% over bank holiday Monday against Easter Monday, according to the latest figures from Springboard. Footfall across retail parks increased by 42% on Saturday compared with Easter Saturday, whilst footfall across all UK retail destinations on both Saturday and Monday was a third higher than the…
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18 MayCoronavirus
Shoppers remain cautious amid lockdown easing, says Springboard
Footfall across bricks and mortar destinations increased by 3.3% between 11 May and 16 May, marking a “cautious” return of footfall, according to Springboard. The latest data from the insights group marked the fourth weekly footfall increase in six weeks, but was “more modest” than the rise of 11.7% in…
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11 MayCoronavirus
Retail footfall plummets 80%
Footfall across the UK plummeted 80.1% during the month of April, in light of the nation obeying government-induced lockdown measures. According to Springboard, this figure marks a decline of “unprecedented magnitude”, though retail parks fared better with a 68.1% drop in footfall due to the “presence of essential food stores”. …
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Apr- 2020 -15 AprilCoronavirus
Retail footfall freefalls 83% over Easter weekend
Footfall across UK retail bricks-and-mortar destinations was 83.1% lower than Easter weekend last year and 14.5% lower than over the same four days in the previous week, according to the latest data from Springboard. The data and intelligence group said that the findings show the public adhered to government lockdown…
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7 AprilCoronavirus
Footfall nosedives by 81%
Footfall across bricks and mortar retail destinations declined by 75.1% in the week beginning 22 March, according to the latest data from retail intelligence experts Springboard. Their findings also found that footfall plummeted by 81.4% last week, suggesting the government-enforced lockdown is working. Whilst footfall continued to decline annually, the…
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Mar- 2020 -24 MarchCoronavirus
Drop in footfall three times higher than worst recorded, says Springboard
Springboard has revealed that the annual change in footfall last week represented an “unprecedented decline” that was three times greater than the worst previously recorded. The retail intelligence company said that we are starting to see the “true impact” of coronavirus on consumer activity. It added the result for the…
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9 MarchHigh Street
Footfall slides in February
Hopes for a stronger footfall were “washed away” last month, according to the latest footfall monitor released by Springboard. The retail data group said that high street footfall fell by 7.8% in February, highlighting “the fragility of the high street”. Shopping centre footfall fell by 2.5%, while retail parks saw…
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Feb- 2020 -10 FebruaryHigh Street
Shopping centre footfall rises for first time in three years
Consumers were “attracted back” to shopping centres in January, according to Springboard’s latest footfall monitor. Shopping centre footfall increased by 0.2% against the year prior, which was the first month with an increase since March 2017, and the third month in a four-year period when footfall rose. Meanwhile, footfall in…
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