Weekly Australian footfall update

According to the latest weekly data from Experian Footfall’s Australian Retail Index, last week, footfall was down on the previous week (wc Sept 7) by 7.1 percent.

The upward year on year trend continues, with footfall increasing by 1.6 percent. Footfall has increased against 2014 for the previous 11 consecutive weeks.

Year to date, footfall has increased by 2.4 percent in 2015 against 2014.

Experian graph Sept 15

 

Experian week on week Sept 15

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