{"id":27322,"date":"2016-02-05T13:52:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T13:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/?p=27322"},"modified":"2016-02-08T11:13:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T11:13:12","slug":"click-and-collect-makes-for-a-stronger-high-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/click-and-collect-makes-for-a-stronger-high-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Click and Collect makes for a stronger high street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #1f1f1f;\">Click and Collect services could hold the key to making the high street a more attractive shopping channel, according to a new survey of more than 1,000 UK shoppers.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #1f1f1f;\">Nearly 19% of respondents to The State of Retail 2016 survey, carried out on behalf of retail marketing agency Live &amp; Breath, stated that Click and Collect had changed the way they shopped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #1f1f1f;\">The convenient service continues to draw shoppers to physical retailers, having more of an influence on shoppers than smartphone shopping (11.8%) with smart watches influencing the shopping habits of just 3.9% respondents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #1f1f1f;\">While 28% of shoppers state that click and collect is making online retail better, the desire for cheaper products still comes top of the list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #1f1f1f;\">Half of respondents claimed that they visited the high street as often in 2015 as they did the previous year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #1f1f1f;\">But click and collect services are proving expensive to provide with Tesco and John Lewis now both charging for orders under \u00a330.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #1f1f1f;\">One thing still keeping shoppers away from the high street was the amount of available parking which 45% of respondents were concerned about. 30% believed the high street was too busy and 29% complained about prices compared to online.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click and Collect services could hold the key to making the high street a more attractive shopping channel, according to a new survey of more than 1,000 UK shoppers. 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