High Street not dead shocker

According to the BBC Business Website (2013) 90% of shopping in the UK was done in stores and shops, as opposed to online.

Several online retailers, such as Oak Furniture Land, which began life online in 2003 have opened warehouse stores where customers can browse their products.

This trend towards 'showrooming' has also worked for fashion chains, such as Top Shop where customers wish to see the merchandise before they buy.

Do you think that one day booksellers may return to the Luton streets ? John Smiths have successfully opened a store in the Luton Mall after Waterstones closed a while ago. The former Waterstones store was replaced by the 99p Shop !

For more stories like this, try a search for "showrooming" on the Newsbank database, available through the library catalogue.

Reference

Wearn, R (2013) Online shops take stock and move into the High Street [BBC News Business]
http:www.bbc.co.uk/news/business~2240652 accessed on 15th May 2013