Black Friday footfall drops on high streets for first time as card transactions soar
The latest Black Friday data shows that while footfall fell on high streets for the first time ever, overall card transactions exceeded pre-pandemic totals.
Footfall across all retail destinations on Black Friday grew 2% week on week, but the growth was driven entirely by shopping centres and retail parks, with high street footfall falling 1.5% - the first Black Friday on record where this happened.
Footfall on the day increased by 4.9% on retail parks, and 6.5% in shopping centres.
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