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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Jul- 2022 -18 JulyHigh Street
Footfall drops as heatwave hits UK
Footfall across UK high streets are down -7.3% on last week as the country experiences a heatwave, according to Springboard. However, high streets in coastal towns have seen a surge of footfall, rising by 9.0%. The largest drop was seen in greater London, which was down -13% across high streets…
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7 JulyHigh Street
Footfall set to remain below 2019 for foreseeable future
Footfall is set to remain below 2019 levels for the “foreseeable future” as the cost of living crisis deepens and working from home becomes a permanent fixture, according to the latest Footfall Monitor and Insights from Springboard. Springboard found that footfall strengthened for the third consecutive month in June, with…
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Jun- 2022 -22 JuneHigh Street
Footfall drops as strikes take action
Footfall across all UK high streets is down -8.5% compared to last week, as workers stay at home due to the transport strikes. London saw the greatest reduction, with a 17% drop from last week. Diane Wehrle, Insights Director at Springboard said: “The impact on train and tube strikes today…
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20 JuneNews
Footfall rises 4% as heatwave sweeps across UK
Footfall across UK retail destinations rose by +4.1% last week from the week before, with the largest rise of +5% in high streets, according to Springboard. Footfall aslo in retail parks rose by +2.5% and by +3.7% in shopping centres. On Saturday footfall in high streets declined by -7.6% whilst…
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14 JuneHigh Street
WFH shift may ‘permanently scar’ high streets, experts warn
The shift to working from home amid the pandemic has allegedly caused “permanent scarring” to the UK’s high streets as workers continue to stay away from city centres, Springboard has told the Telegraph. Speaking to the paper, Diane Wehrle, chief executive of the retail insights group, said footfall in towns…
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7 JuneHigh Street
May footfall boosted by bank holiday weekends, but cost pressures starting to show
Footfall strengthened in May to -13.7% below 2019, up from -15.9% in April 2022, according to the latest figures from Springboard, however it warned the results still “belie the underlying cost pressures that are starting to reveal themselves”. It found footfall declined by -16.4% in high streets, -17.8% in shopping…
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May- 2022 -31 MayHigh Street
UK footfall forecast to rise by 8% over Jubilee weekend
Following a modest rise in footfall last week, retail experts expect the Platinum Jubilee and school half term holiday to cause footfall in retail destinations to surge by as much as +8% over the bank holiday weekend. According to Springboard, it anticipates an uplift of as much as +10% in…
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16 MayHigh Street
Post-Covid UK Footfall recovery worsens
Footfall in UK retail destinations declined by -0.7% last week from the week before, a consequence of drops in footfall in both retail parks (-1.8%) and shopping centres (-2.3%) whilst in high streets footfall rose modestly by +0.7%. This meant that the gap from the 2019 footfall level widened to…
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6 MayHigh Street
Footfall drops again in April
Footfall in UK retail destinations dipped once again in April 2022, falling to -15.9%, down from a decline of -15.3% in March 2022, according to the latest figures from Springboard. It said that the month was “salvaged” by Easter in the second week, when footfall rose by +9.1% from the…
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4 MayHigh Street
Early May bank holiday provides footfall boost
The impact of two bank holidays has led to an uplift in footfall over the last week of April, up 29.5% year-on-year, rising 0.7% week-on-week. According to Springboard, the beginning of the week was still influenced by Easter, due to low comparables in the week before last on Easter Sunday…
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