Boxing Day shoppers hit sales as UK prepares to spend £3,700,000,000 on bargains

Shoppers are estimated to have spent £200 million less this year due to environmental concerns.

Bargain hunters braved the cold this morning as they queued outside shops for thePictures showed thousands of people around the country waiting eagerly for stores to open so they could snap up reduced items.

This year, the thrifty crowd of around three thousand people were dressed in bobble hats, scarfs and fur boots before it opened at 6am this morning. A shopper queuing up outside Lush cosmetics told Sky News: ‘We’ve been here since 6am in the morning so I’m ready to go home.She added: ‘It’s been busy but it’s worth it.Boxing Day sales and queues gather at the Trafford Centre People walk past a Boxing Day discount sign at a branch of Next in Oxford Street Selfridges in Oxford Street was packed on all six floors, with customers picking out discounted high-end perfumes, shoes and clothes.

However, due to concerns about the environment, 62% intend to make fewer purchases, rising to 68% of women.

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