Footfall
Footfall is a vital metric for the UK jewellery trade, directly impacting retail performance and shaping strategies for high street and shopping centre locations. For jewellers, suppliers, and trade professionals, understanding footfall trends helps optimise store layouts, marketing campaigns, and staffing during peak periods. Jewellery Focus provides detailed coverage on footfall patterns, consumer behaviour, retail analytics, and insights into how economic and seasonal factors influence in-store traffic.
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Feb- 2015 -13 FebruaryEconomy
High Street footfall suffers against out-of-town shopping
Footfall on Britain’s high streets has declined yet further thanks to the rising popularity of out-of-town shopping complexes, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The BRC/Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor found that town centre shopping malls reported the largest decline in footfall, falling 2.8% compared with the same time…
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Jan- 2015 -29 JanuaryEconomy
Balance of 39% of retailers report sales growth in January
The proportion of retail sectors reporting sales growth in January was a balance of +39%, according to the latest data from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). The CBI’s Distributive Trades Survey, which polled 127 UK retailers, found that volumes grew faster than expected, partly driven by the strongest rise…
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16 JanuaryEconomy
December footfall rises but still down on 2013
Retail footfall in December showed the best performance since January 2014, but was still down on the same month in 2013, according to the latest BRC/Springboard Footfall Monitor. Total retail footfall in the UK was up 2.4% on the fall in November, but down 0.7% year-for-year and below the three-month…
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Dec- 2014 -16 December
December 23rd set to boast highest footfall, says Experian FootFall
A neat infographic by Experian FootFall predicts that retail footfall is set to rise by a massive 53% on December 23, making it one of the busiest days of the month, even including so-called Black Friday. Here is the infographic in full:
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15 DecemberRetailers
Goldsmiths to open store in Westfield Bradford
Jewellery retailer Goldsmiths is one of four companies to announce it will open a store in the under-development shopping centre, The Broadway Bradford. Goldsmiths, along with opticians Vision Express, fashion retailer Khaadi and Asian food outlet Yangtze, have announced that they will be opening stores in the shopping centre, which…
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11 DecemberEconomy
Changing shopping habits continue to drive down footfall, says BRC
Footfall in November was down 2.4% on the same time last year, down on the 0.8% fall in October and below the three-month average of a 1.4% decline. This is according to the latest BRC Springboard Footfall Monitor, in which footfall on high streets was down 4% compared to last…
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11 DecemberEconomy
Small Business Saturday boosts local spending
Consumers across the UK helped support Small Business Saturday on December 6, with 16.5 million people shopping in small independent businesses on the day. This support from shoppers represents a 20% increase in footfall on last year, with 2.7 million more shoppers when compared to the UK’s first Small Business…
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Nov- 2014 -17 NovemberEconomy
Shop vacancies rise for first time since Q1 2013
The average shop vacancy rate in town centres in the UK was 10.3% in October, up from July’s rate of 10.1%, and the first time the figure has risen since the first quarter of 2013. The British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) Footfall and Vacancies Monitor for October found footfall was 0.8%…
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Oct- 2014 -20 OctoberEconomy
September retail footfall drops marginally
Footfall in September declined 0.9% compared to the same month last year, however it increased by 1.1% compared with last month. According to the BRC Springboard Footfall Monitor, footfall on the high street was down 0.6% on the previous year, while footfall in shopping centres down by 2.6%, its steepest…
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Sep- 2014 -15 SeptemberEconomy
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Footfall in August was down 1.1% compared to the same month last year despite the best sales growth since January, according to new figures. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) Springboard Footfall Monitor said the high street was the worst performing area with footfall down 2.8% on the previous year –…
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