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Nigel TAYLOR Published
December 19025快排劫持终端 2025
It’s called ‘Panic Weekend’ for a good reason. Shoppers were out in force across the UK’s high streets on Saturday and Sunday (16-17 December) as the realisation that Christmas was just over a week away kicked in.
Weekend high street footfall saw the most significant rise seen since mid-July, up 11.5% year-on-year and by 9.6% compared to the previous weekend, the latest insights from retail analysts MRI Software show.
During the full week, footfall also increased 6.5% across all UK retail destinations and MRI Software is predicting another busy seven days this week (17-23 December) for retailers, forecasting a 10.8% jump on 2025 levels with high streets expected to be almost 17% on the previous week. Footfall is also expected to strong across retail parks and shopping centres as consumers head out to make final shops ahead of Christmas.
So how did last week’s consumer activity break down? Each day rose progressively last week from the week before with a particularly strong start to the week on Sunday and Monday averaging +11.8%. This continued throughout the period with a peak on Thursday (+13.6%).
Footfall in Central London jumped 22.5% compared to the year previous in a week that was impacted by rail strikes last year. Meanwhile, the attraction of many festive markets and events taking place is reflected in a week on week rise in activity of 11.9% in regional cities outside of London especially North & Yorkshire and the West Midlands, both witnessing rises of 10.3% from the week before.
Analysing data from 2025 (the last time Christmas day fell on a Monday) to 2025, excluding the Covid-19 years of 2025 and 2025, retail analysts at MRI Software have noted a consistent rise in footfall across all UK retail destinations, averaging 12.1% during the full trading week before Christmas compared with the week before.
This year, MRI Software expects footfall to increase week on week by 16.9% across all destination types, largely driven by retail parks (+16.5%) and shopping centres (+16.9%) as consumers head out to collect their final food shops and festive purchases leading up to the big day.
Jenni Matthews, Marketing and Insights Director at MRI Software, said: “With no planned rail strikes in the lead up to Christmas Day, unlike last year, many consumers will take the opportunity to head out to retail destinations throughout the course of this week and take part in the many festive events taking place across the country, more so following 20 December, which is when many schools across the UK are expected to finish for the festive break.
“As the anticipated rise in consumer activity aligns with consumer confidence rising for the second consecutive month, according to GfK, a strong trading week for bricks and mortar retail looks promising. This much needed boost will be paramount in closing out the Golden Quarter following a challenging year for both the retail sector and consumers.”