footfall

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High Street criminality sheds light on how bricks-and-mortar stores have been hammered by the boom in online shopping, with footfall 15-20% lower after the Covid lockdowns, according to a study from 2024.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

It said, like many High Street retailers, it was facing "rising costs, inflationary pressures, and changing consumer habits - including reduced footfall, higher national insurance contributions, and growing competition from online resale platforms".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

"It is causing absolute chaos - footfall in the town is down, passing trade in terms of commuters is down and it is day one - we have got six weeks of this," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

But even taking the two months into account together, footfall decreased by 3.9% on year, according to the group.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

I count and recount, wait another day, then another, listening to the inside of my body as if for a footfall.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood