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Ipsos: Weekly Retail Footfall Update
Ipsos has published its weekly Retail Traffic Index, with data from the week commencing 31st October, 2022.
Key points:
- Across the UK, footfall fell by -19.1% compared to 2019 in the Non-Food sector.
- Towns outperformed cities by 5.1% points.
- The best performing region was London & South East where store visits were down by -17.8%.
| Name | Week Commencing | % change v 2019 | WoW % change |
| UK | 31/10/22 | -19.1% | -8.4% |
| Cities | 31/10/22 | -20.3% | -7.8% |
| Towns | 31/10/22 | -15.2% | -9.5% |
| High Street | 31/10/22 | -17.6% | -7.3% |
| Retail Park | 31/10/22 | -15.3% | -10.5% |
| Shopping Centre | 31/10/22 | -19.4% | -4.8% |
| Northern England | 31/10/22 | -18.1% | -8.7% |
| Scotland & N.Ireland | 31/10/22 | -20.7% | -4.7% |
| Midlands | 31/10/22 | -19.2% | -8.6% |
| South West England & Wales | 31/10/22 | -22.1% | -10.7% |
| London & South East | 31/10/22 | -17.8% | -7.3% |
The RTI, published by Ipsos, is regarded as the national benchmark for retail footfall in the UK. Unlike other footfall analysis, it is considered to be the only true measure of retail footfall, drawing exclusively on people entering stores rather than a hybrid of people movements in shopping centres, walking down high streets, commuting to work or office workers.
Source : Ipsos Retail Traffic Index
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