Shoppers are hitting their local high street to treat themselves with meals or some new items for their wardrobe

Brits plan to spend over ￡9B on high street shopping: American Express. Source: shutterstock.com

The research reveals that Brits are planning to spend an average of ￡195 each on the high street on post-lockdown treats, equating to ￡9.3 billion.

As to the top treats, people will be spending their money on restaurant meals, new clothes, followed by drinks at the pub:

1. A meal at a restaurant – ￡31
2. New clothes/accessories – ￡25
3. Drinks at a pub or bar – ￡21
4. Home decorations or furniture – ￡19
5. Electronics and gadgets – ￡15
6. Coffee/refreshments at a cafe – ￡13
7. Theatre – ￡13
8. Beauty treatments or haircuts – ￡12
9. Cosmetics/perfume – ￡11
10. Cinema tickets – ￡11
11. Books – ￡10
12. Flowers – ￡8
13. Dry cleaning – ￡6

Besides, UK customers have experienced a case of FOMO (fear of missing out) during the lockdown.

In fact, 49% of UK adults said they longed to go out for professionally cooked meals while 36% admitted to missing trips to the hairdresser and regular hair treatments.

At the same time, 33% and 24% of the respondents missed going to the pub and to the cinema, while 18% skipped browsing in bookshops, respectively.

We’ve reported that women living in couples with a male partner are almost twice as likely as men to take charge of household budgeting, with 37% and 22%, respectively.

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