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the sound of money walking past your shop, or into it.
means the number of people entering a physical space, tracked as a proxy for potential sales.
from from the literal sound of feet falling on ground, borrowed by retail and urban planning in the 20th century as shorthand for pedestrian traffic once shopkeepers realized bodies through the door mattered more than glances through the window.
sensor techinfrared beams now count feet without cameras or consent.
weather sensitiverain can cut mall footfall by 20 percent instantly.
not saleshigh footfall with low conversion means bad merchandising, not luck.
for instance
oxford street london — handles roughly 500000 pedestrians on a single peak day.
times square nyc — counted at over 380000 daily visitors pre pandemic.
black friday malls — footfall spikes are literally the retail industry's superbowl metric.