Demographics and methodology
The Square Future of Commerce Retail and Restaurant Surveys were conducted by Wakefield Research among 2,000 retail owners & managers and 2,000 restaurant owners and managers, with quotas set within each survey for 500 respondents per market in the US, Canada, UK and Australia, between 27 October and 8 November 2023, using an email invitation and an online survey.
The Square Future of Commerce Consumers Survey was conducted by Wakefield Research among 4,000 nationally representative adults ages 18+ in the US, Canada, UK and Australia, with quotas set for 1,000 respondents per market, between 15 November and 28 November 2023, using an email invitation and an online survey. Data has been weighted.
Results of any sample are subject to sampling variation. The magnitude of the variation is measurable and is affected by the number of interviews and the level of the percentages expressing the results. For the interviews conducted in this particular study, the chances are 95 in 100 that a survey result does not vary, plus or minus, by more than 2.2 percentage points for the Retail and Restaurant Surveys and by more than 1.6 percentage points for the Consumers Survey from the result than would be obtained if interviews had been conducted with all persons in the universe represented by the sample.