BDO reports that total LFL retail sales climbed by +4.72% across the week ended 16th February 2025, from a base of -0.37% for the same week last year.
Positive non-store sales results, which returned to double-digit growth, helped boost total LFL sales in a week that included Valentine’s Day. Lifestyle sales returned to positive territory after falling the previous week, while fashion sales stayed healthy, and homewares remained the best-performing segment for a fourth straight week.
Homewares total LFLs jumped by +9.92%, failing to offset a negative base of -13.54% for the same week in 2024, but denoting the 12th consecutive positive result for the category and maintaining its unbroken streak of positive outcomes in every week so far in 2025.
Store homewares sales climbed +9.43%, offsetting a negative base of -5.49% for the same week last year, representing the category’s third consecutive positive outcome and its fifth since 2025 began.
Overall, total store LFL sales slipped -1.84% from a negative base of -0.96% for the same week last year. Total non-store LFL sales soared by +15.08% from a base of +2.78% for the same week in 2024.
The week saw drier conditions with thick clouds for most, while some areas in the UK experienced bright interludes and short outbreaks of rainfall. During the same week last year, the UK saw mild weather with some rain and flooding in some parts.
Overall, footfall declined by -9.0% this week, with high street footfall seeing a sharp drop of -12.6%, followed by shopping centres with a decrease of -10.1% and retail parks with a slight fall of -0.1%.
