Pedestrian-only streets boost winter sales bonanza
Dublin Business Association chief Tom Coffey explained: “It’s a transition that has happened over the last 10 years or so. We have more and more retail space — there are now 4,000 shops in the city centre; there are more and more pedestrian streets. So you can handle larger numbers of people than 10 or 20 years ago.
“Our footfall counts with our CCTV cameras on the streets were recording an increase of 7% this year compared to last year. That brings the figure up to 1.5 million people every two days. But because there are more pedestrian streets, more department stores and shopping centres, more people are inside and outside. So you don’t see them all at the one time,” said Mr Coffey.
