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What Comes First – Footfall or Retailers?

What Comes First – Footfall or Retailers?
Georgie Duffield
Account Director

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June 16, 2025

The demise of many UK shopping centres has been well documented over recent years, impacting countless towns and cities up and down the country. While many pin-point the pandemic as the catalyst, this steady decline can actually be traced much further back to the early 2000s.

To understand more about the challenges facing the sector, Tank and Warbox welcomed retail consultants, brand and marketing teams, commercial property consultants and key figures from local organisations to a round table discussion, hosted in partnership with East Midlands Business Desk.

Download the full report, here.