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Shoppers hit the Boxing Day 2024 sales at London’s Oxford Street on Thursday, despite reports of footfall being down across all UK destinations in comparison with 2023. Boxing Day footfall was ...
Analysis of popular shopping areas on Thursday showed footfall was down 10.6 per cent from last year across all UK retail destinations until 10am and down 9.4 ... during the Boxing Day sales ...
Boxing Day shoppers are staying away from the High Street and shopping centres, compared with last year, footfall data suggests. Data gathered by MRI Software showed footfall on UK high streets ...
The traditional Boxing Day sales in the United Kingdom were never as large an event as the Black Friday sales are in the United States. However, many British retailers began to see an opportunity to import the Black Friday tradition into the UK, not to replace Boxing Day sales, but as an addition to their overall seasonal promotions.
Traditionally, Boxing Day had been considered the biggest shopping day of the year in the UK. However in the 2010s, several American-owned retailers, such as Amazon UK and the Walmart-owned chain Asda, began to hold US-style Black Friday promotions; in 2014, more British retailers began to adopt the concept, including Argos, John Lewis, and ...
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A designer shopping outlet has reported a rise in Boxing Day visitors, as most UK shops saw fewer people. Swindon Designer Outlet says it saw a 6% increase in footfall across the day compared to 2023.
18 May – The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh begin a 10-day state visit to the Federal German Republic. 19 May – West Ham become the second British club to win a European trophy, defeating West German 1860 Munich 2–0 at Wembley Stadium. May – The first UK branch of the KFC fast food restaurant chain opens in Preston, Lancashire. [18]