High street shop footfall takes bigger hit in January lockdown
Shopping centres saw the biggest decline in footfall of all retail locations, overtaking high streets for the first time since July 2020.
Shopping centres saw the biggest decline in footfall of all retail locations, overtaking high streets for the first time since July 2020.
Retailers already struggling as customers opted for online shopping were thrust into further difficulty with the coronavirus pandemic.
"This second wave of Covid-19 and all the local lockdowns, have made normal trading impossible," said Steve Simpson, chief executive of the EWM group.