Boxing Day news and archive

Boxing Day footfall up 5 percent in London’s West End

The festive season has rounded off on a positive note for London’s West End district, with Boxing Day footfall up 5 percent on 2022 levels, continuing the “buoyant” atmosphere seen throughout December as a whole. During the month, footfall grew 20 percent compared to November, and rose 6 percent compared to December last year. The New West End...

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UK Boxing Day footfall falls -15.3 percent compared to pre-Covid levels

Signs of an upbeat retail sector over the holiday season has received mixed reports. While some online stores have seen business booming, others, particularly in brick and mortar, saw a decline in shoppers. Footfall data from retail intelligence analysts RetailNext Inc. shows in-store footfall in the UK on Boxing Day was down by -15.3 percent...

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Shoppers shun London on Boxing Day as footfall plummets 67 percent

As a queues of shoppers snaked around Selfridges on Oxford Street, eagerly hoping to score a Boxing Day bargain, the rest of central London was eerily quiet, with footfall down 67.3 percent in comparison to 2019, before the pandemic. Figures from Springboard show a similar fate across all UK retail destinations, with footfall down an average of...

Retail

UK Boxing Day footfall plummets, as online spending soars

UK shoppers are expected to spend a record 1.9 billion pounds online on Boxing Day, the biggest online shopping day of the year. In 2019 shoppers spent 1.2 billion pounds online on Christmas Day while on Boxing Day 4.3 billion pounds was spent in High Streets and online. Except this year much of the high street remains closed. Footfall plummets...

Fashion

Boxing Day sees record shoppers

A record number of consumers hit the shops on Boxing day and spending continued on Sunday as shoppers sought to shrug off the recession and snap up bargains. A combination of Boxing day falling on a Saturday, prompting far more retailers than usual to open their doors, the impending value added tax rise and limited discounting in the run-up to...