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Blow for Scottish retailers as footfall declines
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Fewer people are heading to shopping centres in person to spend their money
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1. Scottish retail footfall dropped by 2.3 per cent year-on-year in July, continuing a gradual decline, according to figures from the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC).
The results were described as “feeble” and a disappointment for retailers by David Lonsdale, director of the SRC.
Edinburgh had a modest footfall increase of 1.4 per cent, while Glasgow’s fell by 4.8 per cent. This comes after a very slight increase in total footfall in June of 0.2 per cent, which was the first sign of growth for eight months.
Scottish shopping centres recorded a 1.1 per cent year-on-year footfall drop, worse than June by 2.3 percentage points. There has been a
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