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Black Friday sales fail to boost UK retail footfall

Retail footfall was down in November despite hopes that the Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts before the holiday season would boost sales. In fact, the November weeks leading up to Black Friday (26 November) saw more footfall than the last week of the month.

Black Friday sales fail to boost UK retail footfall
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Springboard’s data showed footfall last month was down 14.5% compared to 2019 levels, before the pandemic hit. In October it had been down 13.4% compared to pre-pandemic times. The situation has improved from July, when footfall was 24.2% below the 2019 level.

Read more at Yahoo Finance UK

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