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Shopping centres come up trumps on Black Friday with +16.8% footfall rise, but UK footfall still remains -17.5% below pre-pandemic levels

According to retail experts Springboard, footfall in UK retail destinations rose by +3.2% last week from the week before, with rises in consumer activity across all three key destination types. However, shopping centres were the most popular destination with a rise in footfall of +5.2% versus +2.3% in high streets and +2.7% in retail parks. Shopping centres were the clear winner on Black Friday with a rise in footfall of +16.8%, followed by high streets (+11.3%) and then retail parks (+7.1%). However, despite the uplift in footfall the gap from 2019 was-14.1% below the 2019 level over the week and -17.5% below 2019 on Black Friday.By Saturday footfall across all UK destinations levelled out with a rise of just +0.6% from the week before, although in shopping centres footfall rose by +3.8%. Sunday provided a further boost for retailers with a rise in footfall of +5.9% overall (+7% in shopping centres, +6.2% in high streets and +4.1% in retail parks).Footfall rose annually last week...

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