A new report from Cagemini looked specifically at the impact of the coronavirus on consumer shopping behaviour and spoke to more than 11,000 global consumers at the beginning of April.It found that 48% of people internationally are optimistic about recovery from the current crisis in the next six months and 70% in the next 12 months. But only 37% of UK shoppers are optimistic that Britain will recover within six months.

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