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Boxing Day sales: Shoppers staying away from High Street, early data suggests

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87% Informative

Early Boxing Day figures show Boxing Day shoppers are staying away from the High Street.

Early morning footfall on UK high streets is down 12.3% on 2023 .

Shopping centres have seen a 13.9% fall in visitors, before 10:00 GMT.

Major retailers such as John Lewis , M&S and Next have chosen not to open most of their stores.

VR Score

92

Informative language

92

Neutral language

86

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

46

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Known propaganda techniques

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Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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