However, looking at week-on-week figures, the number of shoppers increased by 11.2 per cent, signalling that many people had begun their Christmas shopping.
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Xmas shopping shows minimal footfall increase
Figures for the first week of Christmas retail have been released, and have shown that footfall only increased by 0.01 per cent year-on-year.
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