Retailers yet to feel 'Burnham bounce' as heatwave keeps shoppers away The latest retail footfall figures have made for grim reading. Total UK footfall was down 2.
1% on a year earlier in July, according to British Retail Consortium (BRC) Sensormatic data. High streets across the country are suffering, but London is particularly hard hit. Footfall in the capital was down 5.
3% year on year, with temperatures soaring and tube travel becoming increasingly unappealing. Many shoppers have been avoiding blistering pavement hotspots and crowded shopping streets altogether.