The latest easing of Covid restrictions in the UK has not yet encouraged more people back into the shops.
According to a count done at 17:00 on Monday, the number of people visiting shops was down by 3% compared with the same time a week earlier. Compared with the equivalent Monday in pre-pandemic May 2019, footfall overall was 28.4% lower.
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NAM Implications:
- Just because the government have eased Lockdown…
- …does not mean an auto-return to the shops.
- The path to ‘normality’ will take time.
