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Business Improvement Districts 12/2021

Was the city centre retail recovery stalling before Omicron hit?

Beauclair has just submitted its reports on November’s retail sales to its Business Improvement District (BID) clients. Most city centres that we monitor showed strong recovery in September and October, with sales ahead of the same months in 2019. November’s figures, however, showed that this recovery might have been stalling, even before the Omicron variant […]

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High Streets Recovery Tracker 11/2021

The Food & Drink sector is powering the recovery of city centre retail

Beauclair’s data, prepared for the Centre for Cities’ High Street Recovery Tracker, shows that city centre retail sales have now recovered to pre-covid lockdown levels. Average weekly sales are now four times the level of spend during the January-March lockdown. Food and Drink is by far the most important retail sector driving that recovery, with […]

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Business Improvement Districts 11/2021

A Sales-Data Blind Spot

Is the retail media’s focus on footfall justified or is it an out-dated habit that needs to be dropped now that high quality sales data is available? A recent article in the Sheffield Telegraph proudly reported that the city centre’s footfall increased more in September than in 62 other cities, adding that this was likely […]

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