How relentless summer heatwaves are harming UK high street footfall

Stuart Stone
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British Retail Consortium data suggests 'exceptionally hot and historically dry weather' likely to have discouraged shopping trips, particularly impacting high streets

The UK's summer heatwaves continued to "bear down" on shoppers throughout July, as retail footfall decreased by around two per cent year-on-year during last month's record temperatures. That is alarm...

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