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Springboard predicts Easter weekend footfall to bounce back from 2018

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 …

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Footfall falls fast for February

Retail footfall fell by 2.0% last month – a significant decline compared to the previous year where it fell by 0.2%. This is the fifteenth month of consecutive decline and the weakest February in five years. The latest figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard, covering the four …

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Springboard: Black Friday ‘firmly established’ as an online event

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 …

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Black Friday footfall forecast to drop -3.7% across the UK

Retail intelligence expert Springboard forecast today (Monday November 19) that Black Friday on November 23 and the weekend that follows will ‘do very little to help the beleaguered high street’. Footfall is anticipated to drop by -3.7% year-on-year compared with Black Friday 2017 and by -2.7% over the weekend as …

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September footfall closes the quarter on a low

Footfall in September declined by 1.7% on the previous year – a slight acceleration on August’s fall of 1.6% – according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard. Covering the five weeks from August 26 to September 29, the BRC-Springboard footfall report said that High Street footfall decreased by …

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A slow burn for summer retail footfall

Retail footfall fell by 0.9% in June against the previous year, according to figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard. In the five weeks from May 27 to June 30, high streets saw growth of 0.1% (the second month of consecutive growth since November 2017) while footfall in …

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Footfall returns to high street in May

UK retail footfall fell in May by 0.4% on the previous year – a marked improvement over March and April, which recorded declines of 6% and 3.3% respectively, according to the BRC (British Retail Consortium)-Springboard’s monthly monitor. “However,” BRC-Springboard, noted, “footfall was still down, despite May being a great month …

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Royal Wedding fever set to boost retail spend by £195.5 million, says Springboard

Latest data from the retail specialist Springboard reveals that the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Saturday (May 19) is set to boost retail sales across the UK by an estimated £195.5 million (+0.2% uplift) by the end of August with footfall set to increase by an …

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No spring in step for March retail footfall

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 …

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BRC-Springboard: Christmas sees changing shopper behaviour

December footfall decreased sharply by 3.5% year-on-year, which is the biggest decline since March 2013, according to figures released by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard. Covering the five weeks from November 26 to December 30, the BRC-Springboard footfall and vacancies monitor shows that all regions showed a drop in …

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