Retail Footfall Slumped in Scotland In February

4th March 2022

Footfall fell in Scotland's retail outlets by 17.5% in February compared to the same month in 2020, which is 1.3% worse than the month before. Scotland saw the steepest decline of all four nations in the United Kingdom.

David Lonsdale, director of the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC), said it was an "underwhelming and disappointing performance" for Scotland's stores.

Shopping centre footfall fell by 31.2% in February compared to 2020, which was better than the fall of 36.6% the month before and the first monthly improvement since autumn.

Footfall in Glasgow dropped by 19% last month when compared to before the pandemic, 1.4% worse than in January.