{"id":10538,"date":"2026-01-08T16:01:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=10538"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:01:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:01:29","slug":"city-shopping-malls-report-record-festive-footfall-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=10538","title":{"rendered":"City shopping malls report record festive footfall \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Silverburn.png\" alt=\"Silverburn\" class=\"wp-image-123268 lazyload\" style=\"width:828px;height:auto\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Silverburn.png\" alt=\"Silverburn\" class=\"wp-image-123268 lazyload\" style=\"width:828px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Silverburn.png 794w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Silverburn-600x356.png 600w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Silverburn-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Silverburn-768x456.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Silverburn has transformed its offering<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Two of Glasgow\u2019s largest out-of-town shopping destinations have hailed record annual numbers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Silverburn <\/strong>said the centre had recorded 16.5 million visits over the past year, marking its busiest year to date. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This represents a 10%  increase on 2024, with a \u201cparticularly strong\u201d end to the year seeing footfall rise by 20% during the key\u00a0pre-Christmas trading\u00a0week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Over the past three years, Silverburn has transformed its retail mix, moving from a 20% vacancy rate to near full occupancy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Glasgow Fort<\/strong> saw an 8% increase in\u00a0footfall\u00a0last year, compared to 2024. It said retailers across the venue enjoyed strong sales figures. Its said 23 December was the busiest day since it opened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Visitor numbers continued to climb following the opening of several new stores in 2024, including\u00a0Primark, Victoria\u2019s Secret and Adidas, which consistently drew \u201csignificant crowds\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#City #shopping #malls #report #record #festive #footfall #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silverburn has transformed its&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[266,1716,265,4821,7863,7860,7862,314,1040,512,7861],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}