London businesses join forces to save the high street

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From this May, online and local shopping will converge like never before, empowering the bricks and mortar high street to fight back at scale.

The plan is that products in stock in local shops registered with pockethighstreet.com will be available for 1 hour delivery or click & collect in minutes and discoverable across a wide range of digital publishers.

Front line digital publishers include local news giant Archant and some of London’s most popular websites, mobile apps and social media influencers, together representing millions of local consumers. Quiqup’s fleet of 500 couriers powers last mile deliveries across the network.

400+ London shops and 20+ digital publishers joined the beta test in 2015.

From today, any local shop or digital publisher can register for free and join the movement at pockethighstreet.com.

This campaign to revive the high street is focused on London this Summer with a roll out across the UK planned before Christmas 2016.

Speaking about the announcement, Ella Kerr McCutcheon, Business Director at London 24, said “We are always looking at ways to support our local communities. Being part of this network allows us to natively monetise our content while connecting more widely to our local business communities and providing engaging experiences to our readers online.”

Alex Schlagman, CEO at PocketHighStreet added: “We’re in the middle of the most transformational period in the history of retail. For local shops to stay competitive in the connected digital age, we need to empower every local shopkeeper and put the digital high street at everyone’s fingertips.

Shopping has changed forever. When I see something I want online it’s sourced via my local high streets and in my hands in minutes”