RICKY WILSON/STUFF/StuffBoxing Day sales shopping normally doesn’t start until after Xmas, but this year appears different. Tighter budgets mean lighter stockings this Christmas as consumers get more selective with their holiday shopping. Shoppers are buying fewer presents and saving their cash for food and other daily essentials. Retail NZ chief executive Carolyn Young said some stores were already getting desperate. “There are definitely a number of stores that have got their boxing day sales up already, you’ll see big signs with 40% or 50% off,” she said. “They’re trying to entice people into the stores with big sale figures out now.”…
Desperate stores starting Boxing Day sales early – Stuff
