Springboard
Springboard is a leading provider of retail footfall data and insights, widely used by UK jewellers, shopping centres, and high streets to monitor trends and make informed business decisions. Its reports and analysis offer valuable indicators of consumer behaviour, helping trade professionals understand market dynamics, evaluate store performance, and adapt strategies in response to changing retail patterns. Jewellery Focus covers Springboard’s latest findings, industry commentary, and their relevance to the jewellery trade, supporting professionals in navigating the evolving retail landscape.
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Mar- 2016 -14 MarchEconomy
Retail footfall declines in February
Retail footfall has declined by 1.1% in February compared with the same period last year, according to the British Retail Consortium. UK Summary Footfall in February was 1.1% down on a year ago, lower than the 1.2% rise seen in January and lower than the three-month average rate of -0.8%.…
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Feb- 2016 -15 FebruaryEconomy
January sees best overall footfall performance in two years
Retail footfall in January has recorded growth of 1.2% compared with the same month last year – its best performance since January 2014. That’s according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor which found the increase was significantly above the 2.2.% decline seen in December…
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Jan- 2016 -25 JanuaryE-Commerce
Online sales ‘nearly double’ for jewellery on ‘Cyber Weekend’
Online sales of jewellery over Cyber Weekend – the weekend following Black Friday – nearly doubled, according to the Edinburgh Assay Office. Figures from the office’s Hallmarking and Fulfillment Service, which provides online jewellery retailers with integrated hallmarking and direct final mile delivery to consumers, increased “significantly” in 2015 compared…
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20 JanuaryRetailers
BCU student’s jewellery collection goes on sale at Argos
A first-year student from Birmingham City University’s (BCU) School of Jewellery has seen her ‘Wishes’ collection go on sale in Argos. Danielle Laurent, 39, who is originally from California, beat off competition from 50 other students last year to design an exclusive collection on behalf of of catalogue retailer Argos.…
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18 JanuaryEconomy
Footfall across the UK down 2.2% in December
Footfall in December was down 2.2% on the same time last year as consumers turned to e-commerce for their Christmas shopping. That’s according to the latest British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor, which found the 2.2% decline was marginally lower than the 2.1% decline in November,…
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Dec- 2015 -14 DecemberEconomy
Black Friday hits high street footfall
Footfall in November was 2.1% lower than a year ago, as Black Friday shoppers turned to online shopping instead of the high street. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor found the fall was significantly below the 0.2% decline in October and underperformed the three-month average…
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Nov- 2015 -30 NovemberEconomy
Black Friday footfall down as shoppers turn to online
E-commerce stole the show over the Black Friday weekend as retail footfall fell unexpectedly across the UK, according to retail footfall analyst firm Springboard. Footfall across retail destinations in the UK for the weekend as a whole was down 9.6% compared with the same period last year, as shoppers increasingly…
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17 NovemberEconomy
Retail parks perform well as retail footfall continues to fall
Retail footfall in the UK was down 0.2% in October compared with the same month last year, unchanged from the decline in September. That is according to data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard’s Footfall and Vacancies Monitor, which found the fall was slightly above the three-month average…
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Sep- 2015 -14 SeptemberEconomy
Lacklustre August as retail footfall drops again
Footfall in August was 1.6% lower than a year ago, down from the 1.1% fall in July, according to the latest figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard. This was below the three-month average of -1.4%. Both high streets and shopping centres reported a decline, falling 2.3% and 2.8%…
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Aug- 2015 -17 AugustEconomy
Footfall down 1.1% across the UK in July
Total UK retail footfall in July was 1.1% lower than the same time last year, though this still represented a marginal improvement on the 1.5% fall in June. Data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor showed footfall on the high street and in shopping…
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