Fed: Thousands flock to Boxing Day sales

AAP General News (Australia)
12-27-2009
Fed: Thousands flock to Boxing Day sales

Thousands of shoppers across the nation have crowded stores for Boxing Day sales ..

with some queuing from 11pm on Christmas night to snap up a bargain.

Major stores report healthy crowds .. with shoppers well on the way to parting with
more than 14 and a half billion dollars.

In Melbourne .. some one-thousand people were crowding at entrances outside Myer 5am
in the morning .. and shoppers continued to move shoulder to shoulder in the aisles ..

grabbing bargains in clothes .. manchester .. electronic equipment and homewares.

Store bosses are pleased .. with Myer's DAMIAN GLASS saying consumers are still very
enthusiastic about a bargain.

David Jones' Victorian manager JASON MCVICAR says he arrived at the city store at 4am
and found nearly one thousand people already waiting.

In Sydney .. it was elbow room only as shoppers braved crowds and wet weather to find
move slowly through Myer and David Jones department stores that opened at 5am and 6am
(AEDT).

In Brisbane .. Myer appeared to be the focus of bargain hunters in the Queen St Mall.

However .. trade experts say it's too early to tell how sales figures will shape up
.. although up to now .. they've been extremely healthy.

AAP RTV mi/wz

KEYWORD: SALES NATIONAL (MELBOURNE)

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