Ecommerce sales will gobble up 53% of the retail market by 2028, up from 19% currently, according to a report by Retail Economics and law firm Womble Bond Dickinson.

The research, titled The Digital Tipping Point, suggests the “digital retail-revolution is only just getting started”.

The forecast surge in online sales will be spurred by three main factors: the changing demographic of the UK adult population, the development of faster, cheaper, in-home deliveries and the declining number of physical stores.