Social media ban driving ‘screen-free’ sales, The Works boss says

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The boss of discount retailer The Works has said the government’s crackdown on social media usage has driven customers towards the “screen-free activities” offered in his stores.

Gavin Peck, chief executive of the Aim-listed retailer, believes Labour’s incoming social media ban has pushed up demand among parents for analogue activities for their children and was https://www.cityam.com/social-media-ban-driving-screen-free-sales-the-works-boss-says/">[...]