Shoppers are hitting their local high street to treat themselves with meals or some new items for their wardrobe
Brits plan to spend over ￡9B on high street shopping: American Express. Source: shutterstock.com
The research reveals that Brits are planning to spend an average of ￡195 each on the high street on post-lockdown treats, equating to ￡9.3 billion.
As to the top treats, people will be spending their money on restaurant meals, new clothes, followed by drinks at the pub:
- A meal at a restaurant – ￡31
- New clothes/accessories – ￡25
- Drinks at a pub or bar – ￡21
- Home decorations or furniture – ￡19
- Electronics and gadgets – ￡15
- Coffee/refreshments at a cafe – ￡13
- Theatre – ￡13
- Beauty treatments or haircuts – ￡12
- Cosmetics/perfume – ￡11
- Cinema tickets – ￡11
- Books – ￡10
- Flowers – ￡8
- Dry cleaning – ￡6
Besides, UK customers have experienced a case of FOMO (fear of missing out) during the lockdown.
In fact, 49% of UK adults said they longed to go out for professionally cooked meals while 36% admitted to missing trips to the hairdresser and regular hair treatments.
At the same time, 33% and 24% of the respondents missed going to the pub and to the cinema, while 18% skipped browsing in bookshops, respectively.
We’ve reported that women living in couples with a male partner are almost twice as likely as men to take charge of household budgeting, with 37% and 22%, respectively.
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