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Retail footfall in Wales has recorded its second weakest performance of the year so far, according to latest figures. Data from the Welsh Retail Consortium (WRC) showed footfall fall for the second consecutive month, dropping by 1% in June year-on-year.

However, this was a smaller decline when compared to May and better than the º£½ÇÊÓƵ average decrease of 1.9% year-on-year. Wales also ranked third out of all the nations and regions in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ - behind London which saw a marginal growth of 0.6% and Scotland which recorded a decline of 0.9%.

In terms of cities, Cardiff’s footfall levels remained unchanged in June (YoY) and 7.9 percentage points better than May, which saw it ranked third best for growth in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ behind Edinburgh (+4.7%) and London (+0.6%).

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TOTAL FOOTFALL BY NATION AND REGION

		% GROWTH
GROWTH RANK	NATION AND REGION	Jun-23	May-23
1	London	+0.6%	+0.2%
2	Scotland	- 0.9%	+1.6%
3	Wales	-1.0%	-3.5%
4	South East England	-1.1%	-2.4%
5	England	-1.9%	-2.9%
6	North West England	-2.3%	-4.6%
7	West Midlands	-2.4%	-4.5%
8	South West England	-2.7%	-1.5%
9	Northern Ireland	-3.7%	-2.1%
10	East of England	-4.0%	-5.2%
11	Yorkshire and the Humber	-4.2%	-7.5%
12	East Midlands	-4.7%	-5.3%
13	North East England	-5.6%	-8.3%

TOTAL FOOTFALL BY CITY

		% GROWTH
GROWTH RANK	CITY	Jun-23	May-23
1	Edinburgh	+4.7%	7.7%
2	London	+0.6%	+0.2%
3	Cardiff	0.0%	-7.9%
4	Leeds	-1.3%	-8.0%
5	Manchester	-1.9%	-6.4%
6	Bristol	-2.6%	-3.5%
7	Liverpool	-3.0%	-4.1%
8	Birmingham	-5.2%	-9.7%
9	Nottingham	-5.9%	-5.2%
10	Belfast	-6.6%	-0.6%
11	Glasgow	-7.2%	-5.2%

Footfall to shopping centres also remained the same in June (YoY), 2.9 percentage points better than May.

Sara Jones, head of the WRC, said: “Whilst shopper footfall in Wales was in decline for a second successive month in June, it was less pronounced than it had been back in May. Indeed, Wales’ performance ranked third overall amongst the thirteen parts of the º£½ÇÊÓƵ that were measured coming in only behind London and Scotland.