The Guardian: "High street sees rise in number of shoppers"

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"Britons are shunning out-of-town shopping centres and returning to the high street, according to a new report. The British Retail Consortium and Springboard said the number of shoppers on the high street rose by 2.7% last month compared with February 2012, while shoppers in out-of-town locations dropped by 1.5% and in shopping centres by 1.6%.

"Diane Wehrle, research director at Springboard, said:

"For the high street, one swallow does not make a summer, but these results might hint at the green shoots of recovery, or at least some stabilisation in the current environment."