cropped-NABMA-Logo-e1607630152854.png

NABMA

The Voice of Markets

  • About NABMA
  • JOIN NABMA
  • Updates
  • Contact
  • Login
  • #LYLM2023

Markets Index Report April 2018

Markets Index Report April 2018

  • 11 May 2018

Given severe winter weather in March, footfall in UK Retail Markets could have been worse, recovering strongly from the horror show that was February. But the YoY trend is still weak, down by -6.3% YoY.

This reflects the overall retail scene, with Springboard’s HSI down by -6.0% for the steepest YoY fall since 2010. Winter  weather is clearly a factor here – the first week of March saw falls of -17%!

But the steady downward trend reflects a wider choice of shopping channels, meaning fewer shoppers on High Streets, in shopping centres, and in markets Retail sales for March held up well, up overall by +1.1% YoY. The challenge for town centres is that 17.4% of retail  spend in March happened online.

Market managers need to build their online profile, and traders need to spend as much time on their online offer as on their ‘flash’

Download the full report here

 

DISCOVER OUR SPONSORS
Market Place mpel White
VITABRI@2x
GM Imber Logo white
Blachere White
Marketti-M
zapp-logo

let's talk

Contact us

nabma-logo-july-20153x05xwhite
01691 680713
info@nabma.com

The Guildhall, Oswestry, Shropshire. SY11 1PZ


Copyright NABMA © 2023
Shopping Basket