{"id":164883,"date":"2021-05-17T17:47:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T17:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wet-weather-takes-the-edge-off-indoor-hospitality-reopening-as-footfall-dips\/"},"modified":"2021-09-12T10:19:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T10:19:06","slug":"wet-weather-takes-the-edge-off-indoor-hospitality-reopening-as-footfall-dips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wet-weather-takes-the-edge-off-indoor-hospitality-reopening-as-footfall-dips\/","title":{"rendered":"Wet weather takes the edge off indoor hospitality reopening as footfall dips"},"content":{"rendered":"
Footfall across UK high streets and shopping destinations has sagged despite the latest easing of lockdown restrictions.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Early figures from research specialists Springboard have shown that high street footfall fell by 1.6% by 5pm on Monday,<\/strong> against the same period a week ago, as poor weather kept many people at home.<\/p>\n Hospitality venues have reopened indoor areas for the first time in almost five months,<\/strong> while cinemas, museums and other leisure venues have also welcomed customers in again.<\/p>\n The latest figures showed that total footfall across all retail hotspots, including retail parks and shopping centres, was down 3%.<\/p>\n However, footfall in central London jumped by 1.3%,<\/strong> while \u201chistoric UK towns\u201d saw a 3.4% improvement, Springboard said.<\/p>\n The New West End Company said that footfall for London\u2019s West End, as of 3pm on Monday, was up 3% week on week.<\/strong><\/p>\n The group added that it anticipates this will increase further towards the latter half of the week<\/strong> and predicts a particularly strong weekend.<\/p>\n CEO Jace Tyrrell said: \u201cWe\u2019re further encouraged by increasing consumer confidence, and pent-up demand from office workers desperate to get back to their workplaces<\/strong> \u2013 changes that we feel confident will boost footfall and spending potential for those businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n