Scottish footfall increased by 7.7% in April year-on-year, which was better than the UK average increase of 5.3%.
The latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and Sensormatic IQ data also showed that Scottish shopping centre footfall rose by 5.5% during April, although this was 2.9 percentage points worse than March.
Footfall in Edinburgh increased by 29.4% year-on-year last month, while in Glasgow it was up by 3.3%.