Bank Holiday Sunshine Boosts Retail Footfall

Springboard has published retail footfall data for week 21, 2021

Springboard Index - Week 21 2021

2021 vs 2020 = +167.3%

2021 vs 2019 = -26.8%

Week on week = +6.7%

Diane Wehrle, Marketing & Insights Director at Springboard, said: 

"Despite rain continuing to persist last week, footfall in UK retail destinations rose from the week before, with the increase also being far greater than in the past five weeks.  It was apparent that shoppers intended to make the most of the bank holiday weekend – and the good weather that was forecast - as footfall rose by substantially more on Thursday and Friday than earlier in the week. 

"Footfall rose in all three destination types last week from the previous week, but it was high streets that dominated in terms of uplift.  All types of high street benefited, with Central London and coastal towns leading the way. The increase in activity in Central London was nearly double that in large city centres elsewhere in the UK, whilst the increases in market towns and outer London high streets were slightly lower, suggesting that shoppers are starting to gravitate towards larger locations."

Source : Springboard

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