Dec 15, 2022
Buy festive shopping in store, small retailers say
People should go into some stores rather than rely on online shopping if they want to get Christmas gifts on time, retailers have said, as postal strikes delay parcel deliveries. If buying from smaller retailers, shopping in store will ensure "Certainty", the British Independent Retailers Association said. Postal workers are set to walk out again on Thursday, marking the fourth of six strike days across the festive season, in a row over pay and conditions. "It's the independent retailers all over the country who will be suffering the most from this. I feel desperately sorry for them."For national retailers, it's more swings and roundabouts. "To ensure you get your Christmas gifts on time, we are advising people to go into shops," Mr Goodacre told the BBC. "We would always say that anyway as we'd always promote a healthy vibrant High Street, but when there's so much disruption, not just with postal strikes, but rail strikes too, if customers want certainty on Christmas orders, best to order online, and collect in store.
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