Online shopping and business: All that is solid melts into air

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Britons do more of their shopping online than almost anyone else. The move to cyberspace is shaking up retail—and many other industries besides

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BRITAIN, Napoleon once supposedly scoffed, was “a nation of shopkeepers”. Nowadays it is a nation of online shoppers. The British do a greater share of their retail spending online than almost anyone (see chart). And, in spite of the prospect of Brexit, the industry has been growing fast this year. By 2020 online sales could rise by almost 50% to reach £63bn (bn), according to one recent forecast. The transformation in the way households do their shopping is …
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Online shopping and business: All that is solid melts into air