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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Oct- 2020 -28 OctoberCoronavirus
Retail sales drop at sharpest pace since June
Retail sales figures in the UK have fallen at the sharpest pace since June, according to the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey. In the survey of 116 firms, including 54 retailers, non-food retail categories such as department and clothing were among those reporting falling sales.…
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23 OctoberEconomy
UK retail sales grow for fifth consecutive month
Retail sales in the UK have risen for the fifth consecutive month, despite the introduction of the tiered lockdown system, according to the latest figures released by the ONS. Last month, overall growth in sales volume was up 5.5% compared with February’s pre-pandemic levels. In the three months to the…
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20 OctoberCoronavirus
Footfall continues decline following tiered restrictions
Footfall fell by 3.1% across all retail destinations last week from the week before, following tiered restrictions being introduced across the UK. According to the latest figures from Springboard, footfall saw largely similar rates of decline in all three destination types, with footfall down by 2.8% in high streets, 3%…
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6 OctoberRetailers
Watches of Switzerland raises guidance as sales surge
Watches of Switzerland has announced that revenue for the first 10 weeks of Q2 has been “stronger than expected” at £202.7m, up 20.2% in constant currency and 18.3% in reported terms against the prior year. The group also reported sales to date of £145.1m, up by 12.6% against the prior…
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Sep- 2020 -22 SeptemberRetailers
Footfall rises despite ‘rule of six’
Footfall across all retail destinations in the UK has risen by 2.4% in the last week, despite the government’s new ‘rule of six’ social distancing measure, according to data from analytics company Springboard. High street retailers saw a footfall increase of 5.2%, while shopping centres and retail parks saw a…
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21 SeptemberCoronavirus
Government launches £95m recovery fund for high street
A new £95m government-funded scheme will support 68 “historic” high streets in England to recover from “declining footfall” and the impact of the pandemic. The initiative, High Streets Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ), will work with local authorities to convert disused buildings into new shops, workplaces and community spaces. HSHAZ will…
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18 SeptemberCoronavirus
Mayor of London urges government to extend business rates holiday
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and London Councils have joined together to urge the Government to extend the business rates holiday and help protect thousands of jobs in London and across the country. Businesses in the retail, hospitality, leisure and childcare sectors are currently benefiting from 100% relief…
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18 SeptemberCoronavirus
UK retail sales rise for fourth consecutive month
August saw retail sales volumes increase by 0.8% when compared with July, marking the fourth consecutive month of growth. According to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), this resulted in an increase of 4% when compared with February’s pre-pandemic level of sales. The value of retail…
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8 SeptemberEconomy
UK retail sales increase by 4.7% in August
UK retail sales in August have increased by 4.7% on a like-for-like basis from August 2019, according to figures released in BRC-KPMG’s Retail Sales Monitor report for the month. Overall sales increased by 3.9% in the period, in comparison to a decline of 0.4% in August 2019. This is above…
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3 SeptemberRetailers
Retail vacancy rate reaches six-year high
Retail shop vacancies have reached a six-year high due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to new research from Springboard. The research found the UK vacancy rate rose to 10.8% in July up from 9.8% in January, which means it is now at the highest level since January…
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