London's retail footfall dropped 2.1% year on year last month, according to retail analysts Springboard and the British Retail Consortium. Footfall decreased 1.1% nationwide, with high streets also dropping by 2.1%, figures showed. Shopping centres fell by 1.3%, but customers were still keen to head to out of town retail parks, which bucked the trend with a 1.7% rise. Diane Wehrle, the marketing and insights director at Springboard, said the data may highlight a "sea change" in consumers' spending appetite because it was the first time since the start of the year that footfall fell in both traditional shopping hours and the day.
London's retail footfall dropped 2.1% year on year last month, according to retail analysts Springboard and the British Retail Consortium. Footfall decreased 1.1% nationwide, with high streets also dropping by 2.1%, figures showed. Shopping centres fell by 1.3%, but customers were still keen to head to out of town retail parks, which bucked the trend with a 1.7% rise. Diane Wehrle, the marketing and insights director at Springboard, said the data may highlight a "sea change" in consumers' spending appetite because it was the first time since the start of the year that footfall fell in both the evening and the day.