# UK retailers see 40% jump in Boxing Day shoppers -Springboard
Author:  Pal Sinha, Barnali 
Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali
Published: 2022-12-27
Category: NEWS
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Meta Title: UK Retail Footfall Soars 40% on Boxing Day: Springboard Data
Meta Description: Retail destinations in the UK saw a significant increase in shopper numbers on Boxing Day, showing a positive trend post-pandemic and despite challenges.
URL: https://financedigest.com/uk-retailers-see-40-jump-in-boxing-day-shoppers-springboardhtml

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LONDON (Reuters) – UK retail destinations enjoyed an almost 40% rise in shopper numbers on Monday after the first Christmas in three years with without pandemic restrictions, data compiled by Springboard showed on Tuesday.

Footfall at UK retail centres on Dec. 26 — known as Boxing Day in the UK and a key date for retailers — climbed 38.8% year-over-year, with central London clocking a 66% increase.

Still, data showed UK retail footfall for Boxing Day was 18.2% lower than [pre-pandemic levels](https://www.financedigest.com/fraport-sees-2023-passenger-traffic-at-80-90-of-pre-pandemic-levels.html "Fraport sees 2023 passenger traffic at 80-90% of pre-pandemic levels") in 2019.

UK footfall jumped 50.1% up to 12 p.m. on Boxing Day before tapering off, while footfall up to noon in central London more than doubled, [rising 139.2% from a year](https://www.financedigest.com/world-food-prices-rise-for-first-time-in-a-year-fao.html "World food prices rise for first time in a year- FAO") earlier.

Boxing [Day was far from doom and gloom this year,”](https://www.financedigest.com/explainer-international-womens-day-date-history-and-this-years-theme.html "Explainer-International Women’s Day: date, history and this year’s theme") Diane Wehrle, insights director at Springboard, said in a statement.

These positive results come in line with the first Christmas post-pandemic without any formal social restrictions and in spite of the [cost of living crisis](https://www.financedigest.com/indefensible-uks-sunak-under-fire-over-response-to-cost-of-living-crisis.html "‘Indefensible’: UK’s Sunak under fire over response to cost of living crisis") and the rail strikes, which inevitably affect retailers negatively.

The [numbers are “very welcome and promising” for retailers](https://www.financedigest.com/why-challenger-banks-need-to-capture-the-hearts-and-minds-of-todays-consumers-to-become-the-number-one-choice-in-the-retail-banking-sector.html "Why challenger banks need to capture the hearts and minds of today’s consumers to become the number one choice in the retail banking sector") in London, Wehrle added.

(Reporting by Sachin Ravikumar)


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