Two weeks on from the latest step taken in lockdown easing and it seems the country has acquired an insatiable appetite for consuming pints of beer outside and queuing patiently to get into Primark.
While our enthusiasm for alfresco drinking may be dependent upon the weather, investment analysts are busy assessing whether people s adoration of Primark will continue once a trip to non-essential shops becomes less of a novelty.
Primark s fortunes matter because the clothing store is a bellwether for the health of the nation s high street. With so much shopping done online during the pandemic, as bricks-and-mortar stores have been inaccessible, its success or otherwise in the months ahead will show whether shopping habits have changed forever or not.
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