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55% -- social commerce adoption rate for UK consumers (2026)
55% of UK consumers have purchased directly through social platforms.
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2026
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95
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Unbox and Retail Economics
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https://www.retaileconomics.co.uk/retail-insights/thought-leadership-reports/unbox-the-billion-dolla… ↗
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UK consumers: 55% social commerce adoption rate. Source: Unbox and Retail Economics (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/social-commerce-adoption-uk
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