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Heatwave leads to sharp decline in footfall as hot weather keeps shoppers away from high street - Total UK footfall was down ...

Retail footfall across the UK remains significantly lower than last year, despite bank holidays and better weather failing to attract customers back from online shopping, according to recent figures.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boxing Day bargain hunters appear to be in short supply this year, as footfall in shopping hotspots across the country fell.

British retail footfall drops as heatwave hits high street - ...

For years, footfall has been the headline metric used to judge the health of Belfast city centre. It’s easy to measure, easy to compare and easy to communicate. City centre footfall is up 6% this year ...

UK retail footfall fell in May as a period of unusually warm weather influenced when and where consumers shopped.

Footfall at UK retailers dropped in September, in a sign consumers are tightening their belts in the face of sticky shop inflation and a looming Budget where taxes are set to be raised by billions of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Footfall across the UK’s retail destinations dropped by more than a quarter in the week after Christmas compared with the week ...

Footfall across the UK’s retail destinations dropped by more than a quarter in the week after Christmas compared with the week before, figures show. Retail expert Springboard said footfall last week ...