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December uplift for retailers fails to materialise
The Journal
|January 09, 2026
RETAILERS suffered a disappointing December as rising bills and food costs kept shoppers at home, figures show.
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Total UK footfall was down 2.9% over the month year on year, according to data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Sensormatic.
Visits to the high street were down by 0.9%, while retail park footfall fell 2.5% and shopping centres suffered particularly badly with 5.1% fewer Christmas customers on the year before.
This story is from the January 09, 2026 edition of The Journal.
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