While e-tailers are enjoying boom time (sales up by up to 30%) their high street counterpart are having difficult time.

According to a report out today, high street sale is down by about 1.7%. BBC provides the full story below:

Consumers continued to desert the High Street in March, a study has found.
According to the latest Experian Footfall UK National Index, shopper numbers fell 1.7% across the UK.
Wales and the South West were the worst hit regions, with shopper numbers down 7.13%. Only the North East, South East and East Midlands recorded a rise.
While Experian admitted an early Easter in 2008 may have affected the figures, it added that comparative Mother's Day sales were down 1.7% this year.
"Our FootFall data and latest ONS sales figures (showing a 1.9% fall in spending volumes in February) confirm what we have long suspected - that consumers are cutting back on their spending and the growth in sales during January was mainly the result of heavy discounting," said Sunita Bali, Experian's senior UK economist.



source: bbc