It seems Santa came laden with gift cards and cash this year, with thousands of shoppers hunting for Boxing Day bargains keeping Christchurch malls humming. READ MORE:* Christmas spending surpasses last year, reaching $8.6 billion* Black Friday: Here's why we don't need this* Boxing Day v Christmas: The Great Holiday Grudge Match"People know what to expect with Boxing Day shopping at Riccarton. "More people are starting to switch their shopping allegiance from the traditional post-Christmas Boxing Day sales to the newer phenomenon, Black Friday," Matinvesi-Bassett said. JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/STUFF Thousands of shopped flooded Christchurch's Westfield Riccarton mall on the hunt for a Boxing Day bargain. Car park chaos is one of the many reasons she usually gave Boxing Day shopping a miss.
Source: Stuff December 26, 2019 04:41 UTC