Retail footfall down more than 50% on prior year, up week-on-week
By Iain Gilbert
Date: Monday 23 Nov 2020
(Sharecast News) - Footfall across UK retail destinations was fell 55.4% year-on-year in the week ended 21 November, with regional city centres continuing to be hardest hit.
Regional city centres, particularly Central London, recorded an annual decline in footfall of 80.4% but were up 14.4% from the week before.
Data from Springboard also uncovered a huge variance between the UK nations as footfall fell 59.8% in England, 34.3% in Scotland, 30.4% in Northern Ireland and 29.6% in Wales.
However, week-on-week there was an improvement of 5.9% across all UK retail destinations, with the largest rise of 12.8% being recorded in Northern Ireland. In England, despite the lockdown, footfall rose by 6.2%.
Springboard's insights director Diane Wehrle said: "Footfall across UK retail destinations strengthened slightly in what was the second complete week of lockdown in England, with the annual decline in footfall in retail destinations in England now currently around double that in each of the devolved nations.
"Virtually all of the improvement in footfall occurred at each end of the week, with double-digit rises from the week before on Sunday and Saturday, and far more modest uplifts during the working week. It seems that despite non-essential stores being closed in England, trips to bricks and mortar stores have increased across the UK as a whole, although these were more significant in shopping centres and retail parks than in high streets. Surprisingly, given the lockdown in England, week on week increases in footfall in English regions were on par or larger than in the devolved nations."
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