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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boxing Day bargain hunters appear to be in short supply this year, as footfall in shopping hotspots across the country fell.

Retail footfall across the UK remains significantly lower than last year, despite bank holidays and better weather failing to attract customers back from online shopping, according to recent figures.

High street footfall was 5.3% lower on December 23 compared to the same day last year, as cost-of-living pressures continued to impact households, according to recent figures. Retailers had ...

Footfall across all UK destinations declined in September as consumers restricted their shopping ahead of the Christmas season. Overall footfall declined by 2.8% across all retail destinations month ...

Footfall at UK retailers dropped in September, in a sign consumers are tightening their belts in the face of sticky shop inflation and a looming Budget where taxes are set to be raised by billions of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Footfall across the UK’s retail destinations dropped by more than a quarter in the week after Christmas compared with the week ...

Footfall across the UK’s retail destinations dropped by more than a quarter in the week after Christmas compared with the week before, figures show. Retail expert Springboard said footfall last week ...