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Shopping Centres Footfall Report Week 41, 2024: Diverse Trends Seen

Weekly Wrap: UK Retail Footfall Insights: Week Ending January 4, 2025 Huq Industries’ latest footfall data reveals nuanced trends in UK retail centre visitation for the week ending October 13, 2024. The data, which spans over 2,700 retail centres, highlights regional variations in footfall, dwell

Emily Riley

Content Marketing Manager @ huq

January 9, 2025

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Shopping Centres Footfall Report Week 41, 2024: Diverse Trends Seen

Huq Industries’ latest footfall data reveals nuanced trends in UK retail centre visitation for the week ending October 13, 2024. The data, which spans over 2,700 retail centres, highlights regional variations in footfall, dwell time, and weekday visitation shares across the United Kingdom.

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Shopping Centres Footfall Report Week 41, 2024: Diverse Trends Seen

Regional Analysis

In the North East, despite a slight week-on-week decrease in footfall, the region has seen a significant increase compared to the same period last year. Dwell time in shopping centres shows a decrease from the previous week as does the working weekday visitation share.

The North West experienced a decrease in both footfall and dwell time. However, the working weekday visitation share increased slightly.

In contrast, the South East showed a robust increase in dwell time year-on-year. The region also recorded a higher working weekday visitation share.

Yorkshire and the Humber saw an increase in footfall and a stable dwell time. The working weekday visitation share experienced a slight decrease.

Wales and the South West reported decreases in both footfall and dwell time, with Wales showing a drop in footfall year-on-year. However, Wales saw an increase in working weekday visitation share, indicating a different trend compared to other metrics.

The West Midlands and East Midlands both reported increases in footfall, with the West Midlands also seeing a significant rise in dwell time.

The East of England and Scotland both showed positive trends in footfall and dwell time, with Scotland experiencing a notable week-on-week increase in footfall.

London continues to attract visitors, with an increase in both footfall and dwell time.

Market Outlook

These regional insights are crucial for retailers and commercial real-estate companies looking to understand and adapt to changing consumer behaviours in different parts of the UK. Based on the direction of the latest data and trends observed this time last year, the coming four weeks are likely to see continued variability in footfall and dwell time across regions, with some areas potentially experiencing shifts in consumer visitation patterns.

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Clear answers to the most common questions about movement intelligence, retail expansion, and location analytics.

How does movement intelligence differ from traditional market research?
Traditional market research relies on surveys, demographics and historical reports. huq's movement intelligence uses real-world behavioural data to reveal where people go, how long they stay and how locations perform, giving teams a live picture of consumer activity.
Can movement data help benchmark locations against competitors?
Yes. Compare stores, shopping centres, town centres or developments against competing locations using consistent metrics such as footfall, dwell time, catchment, visit frequency and commercial performance.
How often is movement data updated?
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Which industries benefit from movement intelligence?
Retail, real estate, financial services, government, BIDs, investors and property owners all use huq to make smarter location, investment and regeneration decisions backed by behavioural evidence.
Can huq feed our models directly?
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What markets and history are covered?
huq provides extensive UK coverage with years of historical behavioural data and daily updates. Customers can analyse long-term trends, benchmark locations and monitor market changes with confidence.