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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Apr- 2022 -26 AprilHigh Street
Footfall declines 7% in post-Easter slump
Footfall across UK retail destinations declined by -7% last week from the week before, with a drop of -10.2% in shopping centres, and -6.9% in retail parks, according to Springboard. High streets however benefited from activity on Easter Sunday which meant that the drop in footfall was more modest at…
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20 AprilHigh Street
Footfall rises in lead up to Easter, but drops during weekend
Footfall during the period from Monday (11 April) to Thursday (14 April) leading up to Easter rose from the week before by an average of +15%, with a rise of +21.9% on Thursday and +27.3% in UK high streets, according to retail experts Springboard. However, across Easter weekend itself (Friday…
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7 AprilHigh Street
Springboard warns of ‘calm before the storm’ as March footfall improves
Footfall strengthened noticeably in March to -15.3% below 2019, a bounce from -20.7% in February 2022, according to Springboard. Footfall improved in all three destination types, but high streets “particularly” benefited with an improvement of around a third to -17.4% below 2019 from -26.2% in February, overtaking shopping centres where…
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Mar- 2022 -29 MarchHigh Street
Footfall rises by 7.8% as weather improves
The second anniversary of the start of the first lockdown in 2020 delivered positive results, with a rise in footfall of +7.8% last week from the week before across all UK retail destinations, according to retail experts Springboard. It found increases in all three destination types; +9.8% in high streets,…
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22 MarchHigh Street
Weather boosts footfall across UK by 2.3%
Footfall rose by +2.3% last week from the week before across all UK retail destinations, with most of the rise driven by high streets where footfall rose by +4.2% versus just +0.5% in shopping centres and +0.1% in retail parks, according to retail experts Springboard. In coastal towns footfall rose…
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18 MarchAdvice
Why the time for local businesses to recover is now
The return to the high street is an unmissable opportunity for shops, restaurants, pubs and bars to attract customers back after a challenging period for the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors. The key to success will be offering unforgettable customer service, unique products and experiences, and convenient payment and delivery…
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3 MarchEconomy
Footfall strengthens amid largest monthly rise since June
With a gap of -20.7% from the 2019 level, footfall in February strengthened marginally from January when it was -20.8% below 2019, according to Springboard. This was driven by a month on month increase of +9.1% which was the largest single monthly uplift since June 2021 and nearly three times…
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1 MarchHigh Street
Footfall rises 11% as weather improves
Footfall rose by +11.1% across all UK retail destinations last week from the week before, when it dropped by -3.8%, according to Springboard. The company said this uplift emanated from a bounce back in footfall on Friday and Saturday when footfall averaged +43.3% higher than the week before, “helped by…
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Feb- 2022 -22 FebruaryCoronavirus
Gov’s living with Covid strategy ‘first step to normality’, says CBI
The CBI has called the government’s ‘living with Covid’ plan the “first step to normality” but warned that businesses still need further guidance on issues such as sick pay and employer liability. The news comes after prime minister Boris Johnson announced yesterday (21 February) that the legal requirement for people…
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22 FebruaryNews
Storm Eunice curtails footfall rise
Storm Eunice “heavily impacted” footfall across the UK, with a -3.8% decline from the week before and drops in all three destination types, according to retail experts Springboard. However, it said the distortion created by the weather meant that the result between Sunday and Thursday was “wholly different from Friday…
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