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Springboard forecasts Black Friday footfall to drop by -4.5%

Springboard has forecast that Black Friday weekend ‘will do little to help struggling retailers in what has been a challenging year of trading’. The retail intelligence company anticipates that footfall across bricks-and-mortar retail destinations will decline by -4.5% on Black Friday, with high streets being the hardest hit with a …

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Autumn rain keeps shoppers at bay in October

UK retail footfall declined by 3.2% year-on-year in October – which was steeper than September and both the 3-month and 12-month average, according to the latest figures from British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard. Covering the four weeks from September 29 to October 26, the BRC-Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Report …

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Retail footfall down 10% in seven years

Total retail footfall declined by 1.7% in September compared with the same point last year when it declined by 1.7%, according to the latest data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard. Covering the five weeks from August 25 to September 28, the BRC-Springboard Footfall & Vacancies monitor reports …

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Retail footfall stumbles in August

Retail footfall declined by 1.3% in August, compared to the same point last year when it declined by 1.6%, according to the latest figures from British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard. Covering the four weeks from July 28 to August 24, the data reveals that High Street footfall dropped by …

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Retail footfall declines by 1.9% in July

New figures have revealed that retail footfall was down 1.9% last month, which represents the worst July decline since 2012. According to data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard covering the four weeks from June 30 to July 27 July, high street footfall dropped by 2.7%, following an …

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Footfall plummets in May to lowest level in six years

Footfall declined by 3.5% in May, compared with the same month last year when it fell by 0.4%, according to the latest statistics from the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Springboard. Covering the four weeks from 28 April 28 to May 25, the BRC-Springboard Footfall and Vacancies report reveals that on a …

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BRC-Springboard: footfall dips 0.5% in April

Footfall declined by 0.5% in April, compared to the same point last year when it dropped by 3.3%, according to the latest British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor. Covering the four weeks from March 31 to April 27, the report says that high street footfall dipped by 1%. …

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Town centre vacancy rate hits highest level in four years

The national town centre vacancy rate was 10.2% in April – a further increase on the previous quarter rate of 9.9% and the highest since April 2015, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor covering the four weeks from March 31 to April 27. BRC chief …

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High Street footfall rises over Easter weekend as Brits enjoy Bank Holiday sunshine

The hot and sunny weather had a ‘hugely positive’ result for retail destinations this weekend, with an increase in footfall of +6.5% on Good Friday, +1.2% on Easter Saturday and +8.4% by 12pm on Easter Monday, according to the latest statistics from Springboard. The provider of retail intelligence said this …

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BRC-Springboard: Better weather puts spring in high street footfall

Total footfall increased by 1.4% in March compared to the previous year when it fell by 6.0%, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Springboard’s latest statistics. Covering the five weeks from February 24 to March 30, the BRC-Springboard footfall report reveals that on a three-month basis, footfall dropped by 0.3%. …

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