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UK shoppers flock to shopping centres for Boxing Day sales

Although many UK consumers chose to eschew the lure of the high street in the week following Christmas, many flocked to offered warmth of the shopping centre to cash in on the much awaited Boxing Day sales. According to Hammerson's Retail Tracker (HART), which monitors sales activity and data from over 850 retail units across Hammerson's UK...

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Consumers resist the call of Boxing Day’s sales, except in London and online

Although for the vast majority of the UK, consumers fondness for Boxing Day sales appears to be waning, in Central London the streets were lined with eager bargain hunting shoppers. According to market research firm Springboard, there was a 12.4 percent decrease in visitor footfall around the UK's high streets, shopping centers and retails parks...