Shoppers will have spent £951,000 per minute on Christmas Eve on last-minute shopping, research suggests.Sainsbury's Credit Cards say 19% of the nation's adults intended to do some of their seasonal shopping on Thursday, spending about £1.37bn. More than 13m people were expected to do Christmas Eve shopping, spending the equivalent of £57m an hour. Financial data firm Experian said consumers were making the most of this year's final few shopping days. Major retailers have reported brisk business on high streets and online as people made last-minute purchases.
Shoppers will have spent £951,000 per minute on Christmas Eve on last-minute shopping, research suggests.
Sainsbury's Credit Cards say 19% of the nation's adults intended to do some of their seasonal shopping on Thursday, spending about £1.37bn.
More than 13m people were expected to do Christmas Eve shopping, spending the equivalent of £57m an hour.
Financial data firm Experian said consumers were making the most of this year's final few shopping days.
Major retailers have reported brisk business on high streets and online as people made last-minute purchases.
buy, baby, buy...
i wonder if christmas didn't exist, if people would be just as generous, but spread it evenly over the whole year. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
