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Ipsos: High Street Footfall Increased Last Week

Ipsos has published its latest Retail Traffic Index Index, covering the week commencing Monday 1st August.
- Across the UK, footfall fell by -11% compared to 2019 in the Non-Food sector.
- Towns outperformed cities by 3% points.
- The best performing region was Northern England where store visits were down by -8.9%.
Name | Week Commencing | % change v 2019 | WoW % change |
UK | 01/08/2022 | -11.0% | 1.5% |
Cities | 01/08/2022 | -10.5% | -2.4% |
Towns | 01/08/2022 | -7.6% | -0.5% |
High Street | 01/08/2022 | -9.0% | 4.3% |
Retail Park | 01/08/2022 | -12.5% | -2.6% |
Shopping Centre | 01/08/2022 | -13.1% | -1.4% |
Northern England | 01/08/2022 | -8.9% | 2.0% |
Scotland & N.Ireland | 01/08/2022 | -10.9% | 2.7% |
Midlands | 01/08/2022 | -11.8% | 0.1% |
South West England & Wales | 01/08/2022 | -11.1% | 4.5% |
London & South East | 01/08/2022 | -10.9% | -0.4% |
Source : Ipsos Retail Traffic Index
Image : High Street / shutterstock.com (153462650)
08 August 2022

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