Shoppers 'spend over £2.7bn on Boxing Day'
Shoppers spent over £2.7 billion in stores and online ion Boxing Day, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Report: UK shoppers spend over £2.7bn on Boxing Day
Fears of a slump in the holiday season proved to be unfounded as Boxing Day sales gave a boost to British retailers, The Telegraph reported.
According to the newspaper, shoppers spent over £2.7 billion in stores and online retailers all over the UK.
Analysts have forecasted that shoppers would most likely spend £2.97 billion by Friday both in brick-and-mortar stores and online.
If the prediction comes true, the total will beat last year's figure of £2.8 billion, the report said citing data from the British Retail Consortium and the Centre for Retail Research.
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