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Rain kept shoppers away in February says BRC

UK Total Footfall decreased by 2.0% in February year on year, which was below both the 3-month and 12-month average increases of 0.8% and 0.3% respectively.

 

Footfall on High Streets declined by 2.5% year on year, which was below both the 3-month and 12-month average growths of 1.1% and 0.2% respectively.

 

Retail parks saw footfall decrease by 1.5% year on year, below the 3-month average growth of 0.8% and the 12-month average decline of 1.1%. 
 

Shopping centre footfall declined by 7% year on year, which was below both the 3-month and 12-month average declines of 5.4% and 4.3% respectively.

 

Helen Dickinson OBE, Chief Executive of the British Retail Consortium, said:  “Multiple storms took their toll on footfall this February, particularly for shopping centres and high streets. The decline was less marked for retail parks, which provide easy parking and offered some salvation from the rain. There was a slight boost in footfall in the final week, where concerns around coronavirus may have contributed to an increase in store visits.

 

“With the right investment in our communities, local retail will thrive.”  She believed that if the upcoming business rates review announced by the Chancellor, effectively relieved the business rates burden, it would allow more money to be invested back into people, property and technology.”

 

Andy Sumpter, Retail Consultant at ShopperTrak, said: “While January saw shopper levels on the High Street boosted by the ‘Boris Bounce’, February was a different story. Described as the wettest February on record, we also had three named storms, which all arrived over weekend trading, and certainly dampened shopper traffic levels. Total footfall for the month was down 2% year-on-year nationally, and some communities in the areas particularly affected by storm flooding saw a greater year on year decline still; in Wales, for instance, footfall in Cardiff fell 6.4% year-on-year."

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