United Kingdom: retail footfall change in high streets 2019-2021
shopping centers continuously suffered as well. The decrease was typically worse in warmer months and improved slightly in the winter season.
Due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis and social distancing measures the UK government took, retail footfall following March 2020 saw an unprecedented fall. But even before that, UK’s high streets were having a tough time. Throughout 2019, retail footfall dropped on a monthly basis compared to the year prior, with the exception of March and the Christmas period. This trend was not peculiar to high streets either. The change in visitor numbers in other retail locations such as