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When physical stores close, Amazon benefits

Online stores are benefitting from the lack of showrooming, the art of shoppers comparing prices in physical stores and buying the best-priced product online. Amazon particularly has flourished in the first quarter of 2020, with sales soaring 24 percent, its biggest increase in four years. While other retailers may be stumped with supplier and...

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Online shopping and physical shopping are becoming less mutually exclusive in the UK

Shopping online or at a brick and mortar store? For UK consumers, this is not an either-or situation, according to a survey conducted by e-commerce consultancy firm PushOn. 81 percent of the 1000 respondents believe brick and mortar stores are vital to the shopping experience, especially when purchasing fashion items, as 62 percent of them still...