Sales and the threat of poor weather led to more people heading to the shops over the Bank Holiday weekend, a survey says.
FootFall, which measures the number of people in shopping centres, said there were just under 1 per cent more shoppers out on Saturday and Sunday than during the period in 2002.
The figures come at a time when consumer confidence has been hit by the war with Iraq and speculation that the housing boom is over.
Tuesday May 6 2003
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