Update on footfall development since coronavirus in the UK
June 1st: after the peak on April 10th, the number of new Covid-19 cases has been fluctuating the last days with an impressive decrease on May 20th. Looking at footfall data we continue to see a decrease of over 80% since March 24th with the exception of April 19th, when the decrease was around 70% […]
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 […]
Coronavirus Covid-19 continues to effect footfall in the UK
The UK's total number of coronavirus Covid-19 cases has increased to 798, after another 202 people were diagnosed in the past 24 hours. Since yesterday the official advice is people with mild symptoms such as a cough or high temperature must stay at home for seven days.When looking at the footfall numbers, we continue to […]
The impact of the coronavirus Covid-19 on shopper behaviour in the UK
On January 31st the first patient was diagnosed with coronavirus Covid-19 in the UK. Since then the virus has been the center of all news broadcasting in the UK. There is a run on antibacterial soap and toilet paper seems to have become a luxury item as well. So what exactly is the impact on shopper […]
The Dutch have avoided inner cities since the outbreak of Corona Covid-19
Against all odds, January started very positively for retail in the Netherlands. Even February remained fairly positive despite the stormy weather. And then on February 27, the Corona virus reached the Netherlands. Since then, the virus has been the topic of conversation and reporting every day. There has been a run for antibacterial soap and […]
Welcome Paul Viot to our (int.) UK business consultancy team
We warmly welcome Paul Viot to our (int.) UK business consultancy team. Paul has an in-depth and extensive knowledge of the shopping centre industry and within PFM he will be responsible to further develop the PFM brand amongst our UK clients as well as in the French speaking regions. ‘PFM has a clear ambition to […]
Planet PFM: our world of data and retail analytics
In a world of data driven decision making were IoT and data are key topics every day, how can you make innovation innovative? By doing something quite out of the ordinary! Some years ago Bart Schmitz, CEO of the PFM Intelligence Group, had an idea. He wanted to create a mobile demonstration model to present the […]
