| | Retail Bulletin reports that UK retail footfall edged up 0.2% year-on-year last month to mark the best overall footfall performance since March 2014.
Figures released by the British Retail Consortium and Springboard in their monthly footfall monitor show that high streets were the only location to report a decline with footfall dropping by 1.4%.
Footfall in out-of-town locations fared the best with a 3.8% increase year-on-year, while shopping centres reported a 0.4% rise.
Looking at the regions in England, the South West, East Midlands and East reported footfall growth of 1.4%, 0.6%, and 3.4% respectively. Greater London, the West Midlands, South East, and North and Yorkshire saw respective declines of 0.7%, 1.7%, 0.7% and 0.3%.
Scotland and Northern Ireland reported footfall increases of 1.7% and 1.2% respectively. Footfall in Wales was 1.7% down in the month. |