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RETAIL RO
£2.3bn
The estimated value of the pop-up
industry, accounting for around
0.76% of total retail turnover - 44%
of customers say they have visited a
pop-up shop in the last 12 months

Almost 1/3 of
retail employees
are under 25

17.2%

290,315
The number
of bricks and
mortar retail
outlets in the UK

The UK's largest
online retailers
- including Ocado
and Asos - raked
in £8.4bn in the
12 months to
August 2017, a
rise of 23% on
the previous year

58%
of retail employees
are female

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2.9

million

people work in retail, making it the
UK's largest private sector employer

Top 10 retailers
to work for
1 John Lewis
2 Lush Cosmetics
3 Ikea
4 Marks & Spencer
5 Clarks
Source: Indeed

6 Pandora Jewellery
7 Harrods
8 GAME
9 Waitrose
10 The Body Shop

COMPILE BY GEORGINA MARIC SOURCES: CTP, ONS, THE INDEPENDENT,
RETAIL ECONOMICS, THE RETAIL APPOINTMENT, THE GUARDIAN, IGD, EE

of all retail is now through
online stores



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