#cross-border-shopping

#cross-border-shopping

This growing exposure to foreign pricing, product range and service standards is subtly rewriting what people expect when buying locally. You now have instant access to global benchmarks, sometimes without even realising it. The simplicity of comparing multiple international sites in one place has normalised the idea that every transaction should be transparent, fast and competitively priced. The result is that British shoppers, once content with familiar high-street names, are beginning to demand the same level of choice and speed they experience from abroad.

Fast, free delivery is now common for consumers, with at least 35% of orders anticipated to arrive within 24 hours during the holiday shopping season.

A report from an SF Civil Grand Jury last year stated that the San Francisco firework explosions booming around the city are more likely from fireworks that are illegal in California but which are for sale in the neighboring state of Nevada.