Online discounts and rising prices fail to deter enthusiastic shoppers – but crowd numbers are down on Christmas 2016,analysts sayMillions of Britons have enjoyed a final hurrah in the Boxing Day sales with determined shoppers camping out in the early hours to secure the best bargains although crowds were smaller than in preceding years.
Shoppers started queuing external branches of high street chain Next at 12.30am while on Oxford Street, in London a crowd started forming external Selfridges at 2.30am. However, or retail experts said that overall shopper numbers were significantly down on 2016.
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Source: guardian.co.uk