Tesco occupies a unique place in British retail, visited by millions but controversial to many.
In any case, the end point of a retail visit is always the customer's home location.
Mobile was also driving the majority of retail sites visits on Friday at 56percentt, Adobe noted.
Most staycations combine edification with retail: you visit a battlefield or a museum and then hit the amusement park and the outlet stores.
For more traditional retail therapy visit Seaport Village (001 619 235 4014; seaportvillage.com), a collection of more than 50 shops right on the water downtown.
Bridget Lennon, an interior designer for retail stores, visited the shop last week to buy a copy of "Hornet's Nest" as a Christmas present for her fiancé.
For retail therapy, visit the Freitag flagship store (Geroldstrasse 17) for something by the Zurich-born brothers known for making bags and accessories from recycled bicycle inner-tubes and seatbelt straps (with designs now in the New York's MoMA).
Tourists were avoiding the major attractions," he added, "and they were doing more wandering around, going to restaurants, spending at retail establishments, visiting historical sites, cultural sites, not necessarily the typical sites like Mystic Seaport or the aquariums".
A sample choice card shows in Table 2. Respondents also completed 32 other questions about consumption frequency and quantity, retail outlets visited, factors affecting choices, and demographics.
