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Covid: Welsh retailers 'dealt a hammer' by lockdown
Covid: Welsh retailers 'dealt a hammer' by lockdown
Welsh retailors had a "disastrous end of year" because of the coronavirus pandemic, an industry body has said.
Footfall was down 52.3% in December compared to the previous year, more than the UK average decline of 46.1%.
The Welsh Retail Consortium said businesses had been dealt a "hammer blow" with the pre-Christmas lockdown.
Debbie Corkish, who runs Wizarding Boutique in Llandudno, Conwy, said "it will take years" for her business to recover from lockdowns.
Wales went into a national lockdown on 20 December, following a surge in coronavirus cases, requiring all non-essential shops to close.
Wales saw the most pronounced year-on-year shopping centre footfall decline of all UK regions, at -59.1%, while footfall in Cardiff
decreased by 54% compared to December 2019, according to BRC-ShopperTrak data.
Sara Jones, head of Welsh Retail Consortium, said: "It was a disastrous end to the year for Welsh shops, with the nation experiencing
the UK's greatest fall in shopper footfall.
"Any hopes of a golden quarter for Welsh retail were dealt a hammer blow by the early pre-Christmas lockdown, forcing Welsh shops to
shut during what should have been their busiest period.
"With the nation now in full lockdown, and so called non-essential shops remaining shuttered, it is time for decision makers to
re-group, to re-assess and to identify ways to revitalise the Welsh retail industry given the key role we can play in the economic
recovery of the nation."
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