E-commerce is reshaping the retail industry but for the time being, there doesn’t seem to be any danger of online shopping wiping out high street retail, according to Yvonne Court, a partner in C&W’s cross border retail team in London. 'Some products - such as books, DVDs and music - work better online than others. For example, not everyone wants to buy clothes or footwear online. Also, there’s the question of immediacy - if you need to have the product on the same day, you’re not going to buy it online.'
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