Shopper Footfall Recovers After Subdued Christmas

LONDON-The 11.3% decrease in footfall on Christmas Eve was bad news for retailers as the slump that has been reported in the build up to Christmas continued right up to the last day. That’s the conclusion of FootFall as it published one of its gloomiest surveys. However Boxing Day, 26 December, which signifies the start of the sales confirmed views that many consumers were waiting for the sales to start before hitting the shops.

David Smyth, marketing manager at FootFall, said: ‘Both the week before Christmas and the weekend before Christmas were significantly down on the same period in 2001 with drops of 7.2% and 7.5% respectively.