Research carried out by American Express in partnership with Retail Economics in spring 2026 found that social media is helping to drive around 1.7 billion visits to UK high streets per year, amounting to more than 30 million visits. Their Hype to High Street survey of 2000 British adults found that 63% of them have
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The Metapack Ecommerce Delivery Benchmark Report analyses the new cohorts of shoppers born from the COVID-19 ecommerce boom, and how their shopping and delivery expectations have shifted during this unprecedented time. It also examines the ways in which top retailers and brands are already responding to embrace change and succeed in 2022. COVID-19 sent economic
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Research from social media management platform Maybe* has found that independent businesses have all but stepped away from social media since lockdown ended. Although consumers average over three hours on social media per day, the 43% of independents that were active on social media on a daily basis pre-Covid-19 has dropped to just 5% in
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With up to 74% of high street retailers not having an active social media presence, Polly Barnfield OBE, a member of the government’s High Street Task Force urged Chesterfield’s shops and market traders to adopt social media and use it to deliver both improved footfall and sales on demand. Speaking at the sell-out 2019 Chesterfield
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Online seasonal specialist, Christmas Tree World, found in a survey of 1,000 UK consumers that they upload an average of seven photos of themselves in front of Christmas trees, decorations and displays throughout the Christmas period. One in ten will even select a leisure venue for its photographic potential. The research underscores the importance of
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As an incentive for people to shop in person and for online retailers to lease physical stores, international property firm Colliers International suggests that the government should create a two-tiered VAT system where shoppers would be charged 15% for purchases in stores and 22.5% for online transactions. Meanwhie, Tesco chief executive David Lewis has again
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