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Shoppers Shun UK High Streets Despite Lure of Boxing Day Sales

Central London recorded a 7.7 percent decline in visitors compared with a year earlier.
British high street
The traditional Boxing Day start to the post-Christmas sales has increasingly shifted online in recent years. (Shutterstock)

Fewer shoppers have headed to UK high streets in search of Boxing Day bargains, with central London suffering a significant decline in visitors as many decided to shun the traditional start of the sales.

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