UK shoppers cheer retailers with last-minute spree

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2024-12-24

London (PA Media/dpa) - Shoppers cheered retailers with a last-minute spree on Christmas Eve after a lacklustre festive season. Footfall was up by 31.1% across all UK retail destinations up until noon on Tuesday compared with Christmas Eve last year, MRI Software said, although that was a Sunday with shorter shopping hours. Shopping centres were particularly busy, with visitor levels up 42.2% to noon on last December 24, while high streets saw a......

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