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Ipsos: Non-Food Retail Footfall Down 14.6% On 2019

Across the UK, footfall fell by -14.6% compared to 2019 in the Non-Food sector.
Towns outperformed cities by 5.3% points.
The best performing region was South West England & Wales where store visits were down by -8.8%.

Name	Week Commencing	% change v 2019	WoW % change
UK	05/09/22	-14.6%	-11.6%

Cities	05/09/22	-14.0%	-7.8%
Towns	05/09/22	-8.7%	-11.8%

High Street	05/09/22	-14.6%	-10.5%
Retail Park	05/09/22	-10.8%	-12.6%
Shopping Centre	05/09/22	-16.4%	-9.7%

Northern England	05/09/22	-12.6%	-12.7%
Scotland & N.Ireland	05/09/22	-18.5%	-11.0%
Midlands	05/09/22	-14.9%	-12.0%
South West England & Wales	05/09/22	-8.8%	-11.6%
London & South East	05/09/22	-17.2%	-12.7%

ABOUT THE RETAIL TRAFFIC INDEX (RTI)

The RTI, published by Ipsos, is regarded as the national benchmark for retail footfall in the UK. Unlike other footfall analysis, it is considered to be the only true measure of retail footfall, drawing exclusively on people entering stores rather than a hybrid of people movements in shopping centres, walking down high streets, commuting to work or office workers.

Source: Ipsos & Insight Team

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12 September 2022