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Nigel TAYLOR Published
November 2, 2025
Not a good start to the run-up to Christmas. October saw the first post-pandemic drop in year-on-year UK footfall levels as consumers continued to hold back spending on non-essential items.
As consumer spending is still being hit by the cost-of-living, footfall last month fell 1.3% compared to October 2025. Importantly, the dip marks the first decline since April 2025 and is a concern for levels of spending for Christmas and beyond, figures from retail experts MRI Software (previously MRI Springboard) show.
October also marked the fifth consecutive month of footfall weakening against 2025 levels. They declined year-on-year at high streets (-2%) and shopping centres (-1.8%) with retail parks once again the only destination to see a marginal annual gain (+0.8%) as their appeal continues.
Month-on-month, the picture was slightly brighter, with shopping centres and retail parks demonstrating resilience throughout October as footfall rose by +0.9% and +0.5% respectively versus a -1.1% decline in high streets.
But overall, footfall across all UK retail destinations declined 0.2% year-on-year from September to October, a continuation of the dip seen in August to September of 2.8%.
Last month’s performance was saved from being worse by a welcome boost in the final week of the month, rising 9% from the week before, versus an average 2.1% decline in the preceding three weeks as the weather worsened and consumers started their autumn shopping.
The gap from the pre-pandemic footfall level narrowed marginally to -10.8% in October from -10.9% in September, driven by an improvement in high streets to -11.9%. However, there was a deterioration in shopping centres and retail parks as the gap widened to -15.7% and -3.1%, respectively.