Pressure on household budgets continued to hurt traditional retailers last month as fewer consumers hit the shops.
Visits to stores dropped by 1.7% in September, having slipped 1.6% in August, as consumers feel the pinch of sluggish wage growth and rising prices.
Shopping centres were hit hardest, with a 2.5% decrease, while high street numbers fell by 2.2%. Retail park visits were broadly flat, growing by barely 0.1%.
