Online shopping is harming Crosby Traders
This article highlights the need for the best Crosby businesses, and especially retailers, to up their game and give the consumers no reason to want to shop online. Only great personal service, quality and choice of products will achieve that.
Whilst it is not feasible for every small business to move towards e-commerce smart marketing and online presence to promote their businesses locally can only help matters.
Here is the article........................
Clicks to replace bricks in 'terminal towns'
Article by James Graham - thebusinessdesk.com
25th June 2010
SOME small towns face a bleak future as shoppers choose to buy more items online.
That's according to Greg Styles, head of retail at agent Colliers International, who believes the combination of online sales and out-of-town competition will devastate what he describes as, "terminal towns".
Mr Styles was speaking in Manchester yesterday at the launch of Colliers' Midsummer Retail Report.
He said online spending is predicted to grow by 62% in the next five years and by 2020 £1 in every £5 will be spent online.
"This will really result in clicks taking over from bricks," said Mr Styles who also pointed to changing business models at the large retailers, such as Currys owner DSGI, which are focusing on major city centres and shopping centres.
He added: "For some towns this will be devastating and some pitches will never recover." UK void rates rose from 10.7% a year ago to 11.4%,
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