Data includes purchases made in town centres, retail parks and online.
* The research tracked 200 respondents in six British town centres (Swindon, Huddersfield, Watford, Loughborough, Bury St Edmunds and Sandbach). The locations were chosen by the source as representatitive of "the types of towns that could come under threat from rival forms of retailing" and to "provide a spread across large and small centres, geographic regions, urban and rural settings and market profiles". The methodology included focus groups in each town and consumer tracking through online diaries that logged respondents' shopping acitivities over a four-week period. Respondents were also given weekly questionaires and completed a telephone interview at the end of the study.
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Share of retail purchases made in Great Britain 2012-2013, by product
This statistic presents the results of a town centre survey, showing the distribution of retail purchases made in Great Britain between 2012 and 2013, by product type. Fashion, clothing and footwear made up the largest proportion of retail purchases at 27 percent, followed by home and household goods at 20 percent. The survey covered purchases made in town centres, retail parks and online.
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Department for Communities and Local Government (UK). (January 1, 2014). Distribution of retail purchases made in Great Britain between June 2012 and June 2013, by product type [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 03, 2026, from /statistics/412535/sector-share-retail-purchases-great-britain-uk/
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