Footfall for week eight of 2025 rose across all UK retail destinations for the fourth consecutive week, as a change in weather conditions enticed shoppers to locations around the country. While overall footfall rose 8.2 percent from February 16 to 22, high streets led the charge with the strongest week-on-week increase at 11.6 percent, according...
25 Feb 2025
New figures from MRI Software have shown an increase in January footfall of 1.4 percent compared to the same month last year, the greatest YoY increase seen outside of the pandemic since January 2016, when footfall was up 1.2 percent. Upticks were seen across all UK retail destinations, with shopping centre footfall up 1.8 percent, retail parks...
6 Feb 2025
Footfall across the UK rose in December despite figures painting a picture of shifting consumer behaviour in the wake of a challenging financial year. According to MRI Software, for the five week period ending 28 December 2024, footfall was up 7.1 percent compared to the month prior, and came marginally ahead of 2023 levels at an 0.4 percent...
2 Jan 2025
Footfall on the usually bustling Boxing Day took a slight hit this year, reflecting what data specialist MRI Software said could be a “shift in consumer behaviour”. According to the platform’s figures, retail footfall was down 4.9 percent across all UK retail destinations throughout the day. This was compared to Boxing Day in 2023, when footfall...
27 Dec 2024
Real estate software solutions MRI Software has acquired UK-based Springboard, the leading provider of footfall counting and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered analytics for retailers, landlords, and government bodies. Founded in 2002, Springboard holds the industry’s largest and most comprehensive data set on footfall and serves more than 450...
3 Oct 2022