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07.01.2022 - 03:41 / dailyrecord.co.uk
High streets across Scotland are struggling after a dismal December saw shoppers stay at home due to the threat of the Omicron variant.
Figures compiled by the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) show that footfall was down 22.8 per cent across the country last month compared to the same period in 2019.
Glasgow saw a decline in footfall of 21.8 per cent in December compared to two years ago - the third worst drop in the UK behind London and Nottingham.
It comes after the Scottish Government urged the public to stay at home as much as possible in December due to the discovery of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of coronavirus.
Shops were also told they must reintroduce measures to avoid crowding around entrances and exits.
Retailers are now calling on SNP ministers to offer increased financial support if the decline in footfall continues this winter.
David Lonsdale, director of the SRC, said: "Shopper footfall in Scotland plummeted last month during what would traditionally be the busiest time of the year.
"Government instructions to work from home and socialise less, coupled with the reintroduction of physical distancing in stores, exerted a heavy toll.
"Visits to shops in December were down almost a quarter on the comparable period prior to the pandemic, plunging for a second successive month.
"December saw the weakest monthly figures for store visits since July and the biggest deterioration since June.
"Scottish footfall once again languished behind every other part of the UK other than London.
"It rounded off a profoundly worrying golden quarter for Scottish shopkeepers - many of whom traditionally need strong pre-Christmas trading in order to tide them over the fallow winter months.
"It heralds an unnerving start to the
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