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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Zoe Wood and Sarah Butler

UK Christmas shoppers urged to return to high street amid Royal Mail strikes

Shoppers queue for a store on Oxford Street in November 2022.
Shoppers queue for a store on Oxford Street in November 2022. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

Shoppers tearing their hair out in the search for Christmas presents online amid strike-hit parcel deliveries have been urged to try a low-tech solution: their local high street.

With a quarter of annual toy sales rung up in December, the boss of The Entertainer toy chain told the Guardian it had been forced to extend its delivery window to up to seven days and drop its next-day offer due to the holdups.

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