Shoppers surge back to high streets as Covid lockdown eases in England
The number of people out and about by 10am on Monday more than tripled compared with the previous Monday and was just less than 15% lower than 2019 levels, according to analysts at Springboard. With snow flurries in some places and cold weather across the country, shopping centres reported the biggest rise in footfall followed by high streets. At retail parks, there was less of a pick-up after they enjoyed the strongest trade throughout the lockdown because of their generally larger stores, available parking and the more likely presence of food and DIY stores, which have been able to trade as...
Source: theguardian.com