Latest BRC-LDC vacancy monitor data
Christmas footfall highest since pandemic as strikes spur shoppers to high street
The number of shoppers visiting high streets and malls rose in 2022, but retail park numbers decreased, the latest figures suggest.
The BRC - Local Data Company Vacancy Monitor is a quarterly monitor that tracks the vacancy rate changes to the UK retail landscapes (retail park, high street, shopping centre) as they evolve since Q1 2019.
The number of shoppers visiting high streets and malls rose in 2022, but retail park numbers decreased, the latest figures suggest.
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Retail footfall increased in April as shoppers hit stores to spend ahead of Easter Sunday.
Retail footfall decreased in March as shoppers began to limit their spending on leisure-based trips as the cost-of-living crisis deepens.
After the best part of two years of intermittent lockdowns and store closures, 2022 was the first post-pandemic year retailers could trade without restrictions.