Will High Street stores turn to the dark side to survive their battle with e-commerce?

Will High Street stores turn to the dark side to survive their battle with e-commerce?
A new study by the home delivery expert ParcelHero reveals the store of tomorrow might replace shoppers with robots and stock with digital screens. The reopening of non-essential stores has seen shoppers flocking back to the High Street. Footfall soared over 90% during the first week that non-essential stores reopened. However, the home delivery expert ParcelHero is warning that the High Street may never return to its 2019 pre-pandemic peak. It has launched a new report revealing how...

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