Data: Retail footfall drops due to ‘sunless summer’

Total UK footfall dropped last month due to the “sunless summer”, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has revealed.
The trade association found high street footfall was down by 0.9% in August year-on-year, from +1.6% in July.
Meanwhile, retail parks footfall stayed the same, while shopping centre footfall dipped 3.8% during the same period.
England experienced a drop in footfall of 1.3%, followed by Wales at -1.7% and Northern Ireland at -4.7%.
However, Scotland saw a rise in its foo