london the number of shoppers at british retail outlets fell only marginally last week as people got used to new measures to curb covid19 including a 10 pm closure of bars and restaurants market researcher springboard said on monday it said shopper numbers or footfall fell 03 in the week to oct 10 from the week before that compared with a fall of 35 in the previous week the first complete week of the new curbs imposed by the government on hospitality outlets springboard said footfall rose 01 in high streets and 04 in shopping centres last week but declined 16 in retail parks advt the yearonyear decline was 309 consumers appear to have adapted their behaviour to accommodate the 10 pm closure of hospitality said springboard director diane wehrle however the government is expected to announce later on monday further restrictions on the hospitality industry hitting the north of england hardest following a spike in covid19 infections the impending announcement from prime minister boris johnson later today of tiered restrictions across the uk with more severe restrictions likely in the north is likely to drive down footfall further in those areas facing the tightest rules around movement said wehrle britains retail and hospitality sectors already struggling with high rents and business taxes have been hammered by the coronavirus pandemic hundreds of closures and thousands of job losses have already been announced reuters published on oct 13 2020 at 1223 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app retail coronavirus restrictions restaurants job losses consumers shoppers homenewsindustryfall in uk shoppers slows as consumers adapt to new covid19 curbs