footfall at british retail stores in august continued to edge closer to prepandemic levels according to the latest report by the british retail consortium and sensormatic solutions the uks total footfall in stores in august fell by 124 on a threeyear basis showing a 18 percentage point improvement from july the report said while footfall in august continued its modest recovery towards prepandemic levels the rate of improvement slowed brc chief executive helen dickinson said footfall in uk high streets declined by 136 on a prepandemic basis a 23 percentage points improvement from the prior month the report said retail parks footfall also improved significantly from july as it declined by 41 on a threeyear basis 50 percentage points better than last months rate footfall in shopping malls fell by 227 on a prepandemic basis 21 percentage points better than julys rate the report added