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February’s rainy weather led to a drop in high street footfall of -7.8%, while the number of visits to shopping centres and retail parks fell by 2.5% and 1.1% respectively, according to Springboard’s Footfall Monitor (covering the five weeks from February 2  to February 29). Springboard marketing and insights director …

Retail intelligence company Springboard today (Monday December 2) announced that Black Friday saw a rise in footfall of +3.3% compared with 2018. Shopper numbers increased in all three destination types (shopping centres, high streets and retail parks) with shopping centres faring the best, with an increase in footfall of +6.5% …

Easter weekend footfall in 2019 is forecast to be 2.1% higher than last year when it dropped by -3.3% from Easter 2017, according to Springboard. The provider of retail intelligence said high street footfall is set to have the greatest rise by 4.1% against -7.1% from Easter 2017. Retail parks …

This year’s Black Friday was a huge hit for online retailers, but did little to help bricks-and-mortar stores throughout the UK according to latest figures from Springboard. The provider of retail performance insights said that overall footfall dropped by 5.4% compared with Black Friday 2017, with declines of similar magnitudes …

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard has released its retail footfall figures for March, covering the five weeks from February 25 to March 31. Year-on-year, footfall dropped by 6% – a substantial slump compared with the positive rate of 1.3% for March 2017 – and the steepest year-on-year fall …

Retail footfall dropped ‘significantly’ on New Year’s Eve across the UK, declining by -10.5% over the 24 hours and by -7.2% between 7pm and midnight, according to the latest data from Springboard. The retail expert said this performance followed drops in footfall on Boxing Day (-4.5%) and from December 27 …

Footfall across UK high streets, shopping centres and out-of-town retail centres over the New Year Weekend is set to lift strongly year-on-year, according to the latest data from Springboard. The retail intelligence expert said its prediction will ‘restore optimism amongst retailers for a modest end to the year in terms …

Consumers are not only deferring shopping trips until the last minute, but are leaving it even later than last year to finish their Christmas purchases. According to data from retail intelligence expert Springboard, footfall between Sunday (December 17) and Wednesday (December 20) rose by 20.3% from the same four days …

Retail intelligence expert Springboard forecasts that footfall figures will decline on Christmas Eve, despite the annual ‘man-dash’, which is predicted to generate a sales uplift of 2% year-on-year in shopping centres. Springboard retail insights director Diane Wehrle said: “Given the prevailing economic conditions which have put pressure on spending, and the …

Footfall for Black Friday (November 24) is set to dip -0.6% year-on-year across high streets, retail parks and shopping centres for the first time since Black Friday became an established key trading day in 2013, according to Springboard. The retail intelligence company attributes its forecast drop to ‘the increasing constraints …