Footfall recovery on Welsh high streets has been slowed by the RMT union rail strikes with Cardiff among the hardest hit compared to other cities in the UK, the Welsh Retail Consortium (WRC) has said.
Commenting on data from the British Retail Consortium, the WRC said Cardiff shopper numbers were particularly hard hit by the rail strike disruption which took place across three days and saw travel disruption throughout the week.
While London was impacted by both TFL tube strikes and RMT Union rail strikes, it only saw an overall footfall decline of 1.4% last week.
