Palmerston North retailers' cracker Christmas and end of yearWARWICK SMITH/STUFF Plaza Shopping Centre manager Andrew Heaphy says the Palmerston North mall had probably its busiest day ever the Thursday before Christmas, with more than 40,000 shoppers. Palmerston North retailers have had a cracker Christmas and end of year as the city's shoppers enthusiastically opened their wallets. And while the increase in spending has slowed from the previous year's 9 per cent annual growth, Palmerston North shoppers were still spending just under $50 a transaction on average. WARWICK SMITH/STUFF Palmerston North shoppers spent $183.5 million over the Paymark network last month, 6.3 per cent higher than in December 2016. The Palmerston North mall's final December sales figures won't be in for another week, but what he'd seen so far indicated they were "well up" on last year.

Source: Stuff January 04, 2018 05:03 UTC