Footfall Numbers Northern Ireland Drop By 5%
Footfall Numbers Northern Ireland Drop By 5% in February 2016. 5.1% lower than a year ago, prescription according to the latest figures from the Northern Irish Retail Consortium.
The drop in footfall is the worst Northern Ireland has seen since November 2015, see and is three times worse than in January when footfall dropped by 1.7% year on year.
Aodhán Connolly, pharmacy Director of the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium said; “The fact that there was a significant drop in footfall in February shows the volatile nature of the retail market in Northern Ireland. This is the weakest performance since November, and is by far the worst performance of any of the countries and regions of the UK.
Diane Wehrle, Marketing and Insights Director also commented, saying; “Footfall in Northern Ireland is typified by volatility, with swings from month to month, reflected in a drop in high street footfall of 5.5 per cent in February, compared with a rise of 2.6 per cent in January.
“However in high streets, it has also been relatively resilient, with an overall trend since January 2015 that has been more favourable than the UK as a whole.”
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