footfall

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Shopping-center visits were up 2.6%, compared with a 5.5% drop in the prior month, while main-street stores footfall climbed 2%, from a 5.4% fall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The CEO noted that warmer weather might help sustain footfall in the months ahead, but without an Easter uplift in April, momentum is far from guaranteed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

“With Easter and the school holidays falling earlier this year, retailers were expecting a stronger boost to footfall than March delivered,” BRC Chief Executive Helen Dickinson said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The town in Ceredigion is dominated by small, independent businesses - with shops, cafes and restaurants saying increasing operational costs and a downturn in footfall are making it harder than ever for them.

From BBC • Apr. 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