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Shoppers to make Tuesday 27th busiest of the year

Shoppers who opted to avoid the crowds and transport disruption of yesterday sales are expected to spend more than 2.5 according to retail analysts.

The sales rush today is likely to eclipse Boxing Day, when only five out of 25 rail companies ran services and a 24 hour Tube strike in London led to delays on the roads.

Dr Tim Denison, director of retail intelligence at Synovate, which counts shoppers electronically at 5,500 stores throughout Britain, said: expect it to be the busiest week of the whole year and Tuesday to be its busiest day.

will be looking to capitalise on the heavy footfall before the end of the holiday period.

Much of the boom in spending in shops is being driven by Chinese and Japanese tourists buying expensive items, according to analysts.

Thousands of Chinese bargain hunters queued overnight for yesterday sales. Experts attribute the effect to the growing Chinese middle classes, who have an appetite for luxury items to display their wealth.

Selfridges department stores took a record 1.3 in the first hour of trading yesterday after opening four shops in England at 9am.

At the Selfridges store in Manchester, the rise in Chinese customers has been so marked that staff have been given lessons in Mandarin, following the example of shops in London. There were discounts of up to 80 per cent on many goods, including clothing,pendant cartier love replica, white goods and computer games.

Demand was also high for designer goods, including handbags and diamonds.

The most expensive single item bought yesterday was thought to have been a Chopard diamond necklace, which was sold by Selfridges on Oxford Street.

It was normally priced at 18,820 and was bought by a tourist for 8,469, a saving of more than 10,000. The second biggest sale of the day at the London store was for a selection of Cartier goods for 3,cartier necklace love price replica,925.

The high level of interest in designer handbags led to minor scuffles in Birmingham city centre, where Miu Miu bags that usually sell for 1,250 were going for 909 and there were long queues for Prada, Gucci and Mulberry.

One shopper managed to get an item to the till within two minutes of the store opening.

In London, shopping was tempered by a 24 hour walkout by Tube drivers demanding additional pay for working on Boxing Day. Mick Whelan, general secretary of Aslef, the transport union, said Underground workers needed time off over the Christmas period.

Despite transport problems, an estimated 700,000 people went to shop in the West End, spending 15 in the first three hours of trading. At the Brent Cross shopping centre in north west London, 10,000 people came through the doors within an hour of opening.

At Birmingham Bullring, crowds began to gather from 2am yesterday, four hours before the first shops opened. Hundreds queued outside Debenhams in Reading, Berks, ready for its 7am start. In Bristol,chain fake cartier, shoppers arrived from 5am at the Cabot Circus shopping centre.

The most dedicated of all was Brenda Adams, 75, who sat outside Silcox Son Wicks furniture shop in Bath in a camping chair from 4.30pm on Christmas Eve. The retired nurse said she might buy a chest of drawers.

However, many yesterday decided to seek out bargains from the comfort of their homes.

Boxing Day shoppers were expected to make a record breaking 95 visits to online retailers. Analysts claim that millions of Britons looking to spend their Christmas cash will log on to the internet to take advantage of stores early sales.

They predict that the online economic boost is likely to bigger this year with 15 more hits. Despite concerns over the effect of internet shopping, the latest sales figures suggest that online spenders will not harm the high street.

James Murray, marketing and research analyst for online experts Experian Hitwise UK, said: are predicting a record breaking 95 UK internet visits to online retailers on Boxing Day this year.

Boxing Day has always been the single biggest day of the year for online retailers as consumers want to spend their Christmas money, exchange unwanted presents and browse ahead of the post Christmas sales.

year there were 80.5 visits to online retailers on Boxing Day but this year we are expecting an 18 per cent uplift year on year,cartier pendant replica.

Day falls on a Monday this year which is significant because Mondays have consistently been the biggest day of the week for online traffic to retail websites in the run up to Christmas this year.

contrast, Saturdays have consistently been the lowest point of each week for total visits. Mr Murray added: are often asked if online shopping is having a negative effect on high street retail, however, our data suggests that far from cannibalising high street retail figures, online complements the high street.

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