DIY Week – Breaking News: As lockdown fatigue grows, shoppers increasingly willing to travel to retail destinations

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As lockdown fatigue grows, shoppers increasingly willing to travel to retail destinations (even despite Beast from the East)

Latest data from retail experts Springboard reveals that last week, footfall across UK retail destinations rose by +1.5%, which followed a rise of +6.7% in the week before.

Footfall in high streets declined by -1.7%, however, there were rises of +3.9% in shopping centres and +6.1% in retail parks. With declines in high street footfall in seven of the ten UK geographies it is clear that the snow deterred shoppers, although this wasn’t the case in either retail parks or shopping centres where footfall rose in all but one area. The main findings are as follows:

Footfall across UK retail destinations rose by +1.5%, which followed a rise of +6.7% in the week before.
Footfall in high streets declined by -1.7%, however, there were rises of +3.9% in shopping centres and +6.1% in retail parks...

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