Halesowen boasts the UK’s greatest shopping footfall recovery rate
Halesowen shoppers are delivering a huge boost to the town, as research from the High Streets Task Force reveals it has had the greatest footfall recovery rate of all UK shopping destinations. The multi-functional market town in Dudley is also recorded as having the closest level of footfall rates to the previous year’s performance, between 15th and 21st June[i].
Nationally, the entire West Midlands region has seen the highest footfall recovery, recording 52.7% of the previous year’s footfall. An impressive figure in comparison to Greater London, which records only 31.8% – the lowest footfall recovery rate in the country.
Halesowen’s primary shopping destination, The Cornbow, hosts a variety of stores for its customers, over half of which – including Asda, Poundland, Heron Foods and B&M Bargains – have continued to trade as essential frontline services, throughout the past few months. This has been a crucial factor in the successful footfall recovery rate of the market town as a whole.
The shopping centre is approved by Public Health Dudley – proving The Cornbow’s slogan, ‘serving you safely’, to be true.
Adrian Oliver, director of Tansor REC, which owns The Cornbow, said: “The footfall success is testament to the support of Halesowen’s loyal shoppers and the dedication of the centre’s management and frontline teams.
“It’s a testing time for businesses, but the Cornbow, and the loyalty of its shoppers, has continued to shine through, strengthening, and adding to, our healthy line-up of retailers.
“Thank you Halesowen.”
[i] https://www.highstreetstaskforce.org.uk/covid-19/footfall-in-england-covid-19-and-reopening-of-retail/
