Retail
March 30, 2020
How long consumers expect COVID-19 issues to last. Image courtesy of RetailX
By Dianna Dilworth
Twenty-four percent of shoppers have changed how they shop since the United Kingdom government began enacting coronavirus-related stay-at-home measures in the last two weeks, with most moving their purchases online in the new situation.
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