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While high streets across the country came back to life yesterday as shops reopened, the latest figures show footfall was down 15 per cent when compared to pre-pandemic levels.
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By Alec Mattinson2021-04-09T07:55:00+01:00
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The UK retail industry saw the green shoots of recovery in March as sales jumped by more than 40% year-on-year after a COVID-induced collapse a year ago.
According to BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker, total like-for-like sales, combined in-store and online, increased by +42.5% in March, though from a base of -17.9% for the equivalent month last year.
However, BDO warned that the spike in the overall like-for-like result is less likely to reflect a significant increase in profits than how retail shuttered and discretionary spend was curtailed during the same month last year.