new delhi mumbai the pandemic has not just made indians shop more online but also to go out shopping during weekdays a habit most are sticking to despite malls and multiplexes operating without restrictions and most people returning to their offices over the past two years many people utilised the time they saved on commuting to and from office for shopping during weekdays and the trend has accelerated over the past two months retailers and mall operators said average footfalls have grown by 2025 during weekdays in comparison to 2019 since many people are now used to shopping due to covidled restrictions this is different from the precovid time when people shopped as a family on weekends said pushpa bector executive director dlf retail there has been a growth in footfall and people continue to come during weekends as well advt we see demand spread across the week now said devarajan iyer chief executive of departmental store chain lifestyle international despite the slowing workfromhome culture we see increased footfalls during weekdays as well as weekends both having equal share in sales data by the retailers association of india rai indicated a 24 growth in sales in retail businesses across india in the last month compared to prepandemic levels of may 2019while there has been growth on weekdays and weekend weekdays continue to witness more crowds in comparison with the precovid time said ravinder choudhary assistant vicepresident at vegas mall at present 60 of overall footfall comes on weekday up from less than 50 before covid he said retailers across apparel lifestyle products and restaurants posted doubledigit revenue growth yearonyear for the march quarter despite a slow start due to the omicron wave by faizan haidar sagar malviya et bureau published on jun 20 2022 at 0805 am 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 shopping malls multiplexes pandemic dlf retail dlf shopping malls retail homenewsindustryshopping at malls still popular on weekdays