Footfall figures show shoppers abandoning North

IRISH shoppers continued to abandon the North this year as footfall figures continue to fall.

It wasn’t great news for retailers in the Republic though as footfall fell 1.1% at the country’s shopping centres in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year.

In Northern Ireland there was a fall of 2.1% in the first quarter compared with 2010. Taking the previous four quarters into account, the average year on year decline is almost 4%.