Looking back at 2020
This year started quite positive, with slightly more visitors in January (+1%) & February (+4%) compared to the same months in 2019. Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the UK, we have seen an unprecedented decrease in footfall, starting with a decrease of –41% in March. First lockdown The first lockdown began on March 23rd […]
Update on footfall development since coronavirus in the UK
Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the UK, we have seen an unprecedented decrease in footfall. At its worst, footfall was almost 93% down on the same day compared to the previous year. On June the 15th Shops and Shopping Centres could open their doors again with restrictions on the number of visitors allowed at […]
Weekly overview footfall development in the UK
An update on the footfall development of the last two weeks in the UK. We compare different regions of the UK to the previous week and the previous year.Week 46 The week of November 9th was the first full week of lockdown in the UK and the first week that Wales came out of their […]
Make sure you have an active door policy in place!
The pandemic has been a challenge for all of us, but for the management of all places where people gather, and specifically in retail, visibility of accurate occupancy has never been more important. Therefore, PFM has taken the experience in footfall and developed a retailer focused occupancy solution. This solution provides, out of the box, […]
Small increase in visitor numbers in the UK
As a result of the Covid-19 measures there has been a sharp drop in visitor numbers in shopping centres throughout the UK since mid-March. There was a peak of -93% and an average over the period of -87% compared to previous year. When shops were allowed to (re)open on June 15th, we saw an initial […]
Face Mask Detection and View Direction
The last few months have been challenging. Businesses have been struggling to find a way to (re)open their doors while at the same time following the rules on social distancing. It has also been a time where technological applications and initiatives have been multiplying in an attempt to control the situation.At PFM we have provided […]
Shop safely with PFM solutions
Yesterday Boris Johnson announced his plans for all shops to reopen on June 15. If we look at other countries such as the Netherlands and Germany where the visitor numbers do not deviate much from what they normally see in this period, we can expect the same for the UK visitors once the shops reopen. […]
COVID-19 as a bridge between tenant and landlord
Nobody could have imagined that COVID-19 would be the greatest disruptive event for virtually all sectors in our modern economy. An unforeseen effect of this is we are redesigning, improving and changing the way we implement all economic and social connections. Tragically we are losing people, companies are going under and the largest recession in […]
How to manage visitor numbers during lockdown and beyond
The English used to love a good queue. A typical day at Alton Towers for example, 3 hours of driving, 5 hours of patient, silent, queuing…. And then 4 minutes of roller coaster. How times have changed! A good honest English queue has gone from a comfortable national occupation to something to avoid, something to […]
Footfall & door policy, PFM offers the solution
Governments around the world are announcing far-reaching measures to further regulate passer-by and visitor flows during the COVID-19 crisis. Therefore PFM decided to look at how technology might be deployed to assist businesses struggling to trade, but also stay compliant with new rules on social distancing. These measures affect all businesses in different ways and […]
