Retailers are pinning their hopes on online sales this year after Boxing Day shoppers shunned the high street yesterday. Pictured: Shoppers queue for the Boxing Day sales at Selfridges in LondonPeople queuing outside Selfridges for a bargain on Boxing Day in London yesterdayBut international customers - encouraged by the weaker pound and cheap flights - were boosting sales, with shoppers on track to spend a record £4.3billion yesterday. The centre estimated about 85,000 people would visit on Boxing Day, with a further 90,000 expected today. The New West End Company, which represents 600 businesses on London's Oxford, Bond and Regent streets, predicted takings of £52 million on Boxing Day. One pound in every £3 spent in London's West End on Boxing Day was by international visitors.

Source: Daily Mail December 27, 2017 01:52 UTC