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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Rhiannon Curry

Footfall in Knightsbridge over Christmas nears 2019 levels as retailers herald ‘pleasant surprise’

Shoppers queued outside Harrods in Knightsbridge on Boxing Day (Matt Alexander/PA)

(Picture: PA Wire)

Top retailers in Knightsbridge including Harrods, Harvey Nichols and Burberry said shopper numbers approached 2019 levels in the area in the first week of the post-Christmas sales.

Figures compiled by the Knightsbridge Partnership, which represents around 300 businesses in the area, and seen exclusively by the Evening Standard show that footfall for Knightsbridge was 45% higher between 26th December and 2nd January than the same week the previous year, and less than a percentage point below the equivalent period in 2019.

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