footfall

Part of the problem is that a retail park just 250m away sucks away footfall and there is little incentive for shoppers to venture into the old quarter of Port Glasgow.

Much of the activity on the road appeared to be the footfall of school pupils and people commuting to work.

At the start of the working week, TfL said footfall on London Overground and Elizabeth line services increased by 31%, noting that these lines had likely been absorbing displaced Tube passengers.

Younger people were now "far more likely" to discover new brands through TikTok than in a shopping centre - and with footfall still well below pre-Covid levels, it had hit Claire's very hard.

"River Island has maintained an expensive portfolio of stores at a time when costs are rising and footfall is falling," she told the BBC.