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New research shows changing consumer attitudes towards second-hand economy

New research from Amazon, compiled by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), has revealed that two-thirds of British consumers bought second-hand goods online last year, with pre-owned online shopping set to grow to 4.8 billion pounds in the UK this year. The changing consumer attitudes towards the second-hand economy are being...

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Pop-up retail worth 2.3 billion pounds to UK economy

The pop-up retail sector is growing at 12.3 percent and is currently now worth 2.3 billion pounds to the UK economy, according to ‘Britain’s Pop-Up Retail Economy’, the second annual report into the pop-up sector from Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr). The report, commissioned by EE, found that pop-ups now account for 0.76...