Boxing Day

Those post-Christmas sales are so irresistible. The lull of save while you spend often sees an influx of new purchases into already crammed wardrobes.

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Ahead of the mad rush to bag a good deal in this year's Boxing Day sales, Consumer NZ is sharing top tips to help savvy shoppers exercise their consumer ...

“When a product has a major fault, it’s up to you whether to go for a replacement or refund. Consumer NZ is an independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to championing and empowering consumers in New Zealand. The actual savings could be very different from the advertised offering. “If you receive a gift which isn’t up to scratch, you have the same rights as if you bought the product yourself,” Rasmussen said. A major fault means you wouldn’t have bought the product if you knew about the problem before you bought it.” “Once you’ve bought it, the retailer is not obliged to provide you with a refund if you change your mind or if your circumstances change.”

Jetstar has announced a huge Boxing Day sale with over 11,000 fares starting from just $45 for domestic routes and $139 for international routes.

Wellingtonians have a new Boxing Day activity this year: viewing orca whales. Crowds of people have used Facebook posts and photos to track the movements of ...

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A big day ahead for retailers who prepare to face the boxing day sales chaos. Data from PriceSpy shows the 26th of December last year outperformed any othe.

One shopper broke open her piggy bank, another said "even with the discounts, the prices are high".

We did not really miss out on much.” The Boxing Day comes on the back of the Christmas rush and ”We had to park all the way on the other side of the mall,” Caitlin Mikaio said. Their son Finlay Bayne was thrilled with the about 30% discount he got on the Ultimate 360 Cricket Helmet and the family said their first time Boxing Day shopping was looking good. In Hamilton, long queues of cars circled The Base and shoppers’ biggest challenge was to find a parking spot. Bevan and Kelly Bayne had tailored their Christmas gift cards to fit with the Boxing Day sale. [shoppers searching for a bargain on the day after Christmas](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/130783270/boxing-day-survival-guide-five-tips-to-make-the-most-of-the-day-without-breaking-the-bank), and had headed to The Base in Hamilton. “I think we are all facing an economic resistance and were counting on the sales to make purchases, but even with the discounts, the prices are high.” Alongside the more experienced Boxing Day shopping enthusiasts at The Base were first timers the Bayne family. We were waiting for the Boxing Day deals to buy some basic household items.” Violeta’s mum Kanesha Walker said the family did not have a specific list of things to buy, but their daughter Violeta was after a doll and son Malachi Walker wanted toy cars. Violeta Walker broke open her piggy bank for the Boxing Day sales – but her mum still chipped in to help her get the doll she had her eye on.

The ancient Christmas-time tradition of mumming is marked with dead birds, drama and drinking.

"A lot of our work is in schools and the faces of children when they see the masks and costumes is very special, often there is a spark of fear which quickly turns to delight," programme manager Clare Jennings said. "They all have died away, tradition has fallen a good bit and that's where the good work of the Armagh Rhymers gives it a profile." "If there was enough sandwiches made by the women, and enough drink, it would carry on to a second night. "They gather the money and then they have a dance. "It's a midwinter fertility rite, marked by the death of the hero and the revival, in the depths of midwinter there is hope, the sun will come back in the spring," explained Jim Ledwith from the Mummers Foundation in County Fermanagh. "The wrenboys are a different sort of tradition, they only go out on St Stephen's Day to perform song and music, these are one-day wonders," Jim explained.

The rising cost of living is expected to curb the appetite for post-Christmas bargain-hunting.

He said that the store has introduced steep discounts across its goods. We have gone pretty big on sales this year." Meanwhile, football fans will travel to see their teams." "Having said that, retailers can take confidence knowing that shoppers still plan to make the most of the deals and discounts on offer." Rail firms Shoppers are expected to spend less at the Boxing Day sales as households are squeezed by the high cost of living.

Shoppers appear to have defied Boxing Day expectations with early indications suggesting footfall at UK retail destinations is up by as much as half on this ...

Better-than-expected numbers after 2021's Covid-hit Christmas remain well below pre-pandemic levels.

Having said that, retailers can take confidence knowing shoppers still plan to make the most of the deals and discounts on offer.” “While I’m heartened to see that the West End’s recovery has continued during a busy festive season, the district would have performed much better if public transport was running as normal. In central London, footfall more than doubled on last year – up 139%, but was down 22% on 2019. Some shops including Home Bargains and Poundland remained shut. [another rail strike](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/dec/26/boxing-day-tube-strike-ahead) and the underlying challenge of the cost of living crisis,” Wehrle said. [levels seen before the pandemic](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/dec/25/shoppers-expected-to-spend-more-than-4bn-on-boxing-day).

Footfall was up on last year but still well below pre-coronavirus pandemic levels, according to Springboard data.

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Boxing Day sales were drawing crowds after a late spending surge in the leadup to Christmas. In central Auckland, retailers were reporting a leap in ...

But its transaction data shows that up until Christmas, Friday was the busiest shopping day of the year, with transactions reaching nearly 651,000 in an hour. But now that was sitting at around 15 per cent, she said. ‘’It makes your heart sing - it really does.”

Passengers from two cruise ships joined the throngs of Boxing Day bargain hunters to make central Dunedin a hive of activity.

The store had been pretty busy and the staff had been handling the demand well, although he had expected things might have been even busier. There had been no major surprises and the day was on par with previous Boxing Days, Mr Dodd said. Shops had been extremely busy, with people everywhere and passengers from two visiting cruise ships adding to the "chaos," Ms Freeman said.

Boxing Day seemed more focused than frenetic in Invercargill, although the new City Block development did momentarily disorientate the occasional Dad.

Crowds hummed in the usual places, including the Rebel Sports-Briscoes-Invercargill Hunting & Fishing precinct. They’d been shopping Christmas Eve but were back for Boxing Day, and “very impressed”, she said. "We’ve got to go alllll the way back down here...’’ he said, taking a hard left. *

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Consumer spending over the three weeks before Christmas Day through core retail merchants in Worldline NZ's payments network (excluding hospitality) reached ...

That was down 0.7 per cent on the same six weeks in 2021 and up 13.6 per cent on 2019. But pre-Christmas spending in December was below 2021 levels in Auckland/Northland (down 0.9 per cent), Bay of Plenty (down-0.9 per cent), Wellington (-1.4 per cent) and Gisborne (down 2.1 per cent). On Boxing Day this year, spending reached $100.5m, up 2.6 per cent on Boxing Day 2021 (a Sunday) and up 3.1 per cent on 2019 (a Thursday). That was up 0.8 per cent on the same three weeks in 2021 and up 14.9 per cent on 2019. Across the regions, annual pre-Christmas spending growth for the six-weeks before Christmas was highest in the West Coast , Otago and Southland. Across the regions, spending for these three weeks prior to Christmas Day was highest in West Coast (up10.7 per cent), Marlborough (up 7.7 per cent) and Otago (up 7.5 per cent).

Shoppers were out in force for the sales, but Black Friday shopping outpaced that of Boxing Day for the second year in a row.

“There were a lot of people hitting the shops yesterday and buying things online. This trend reinforces previous data suggesting that main metro areas are seeing a faster pull-back in spending. It was up 15% in Southland and 13% in Marlborough, while the total regional spend declined by 3.2% in Wellington. Olsen said Boxing Day was not the spending bonanza it once was, with spending on Black Friday a month earlier closer to $150m, and spending in the lead up to Christmas topping $200m on peak spending days. ”In general, spending in Auckland and Wellington looks considerably softer than the national average, with lower spending compared to a year ago in both areas for the three weeks leading up to Christmas. “A number of regional areas, particularly in the South Island, are seeing stronger spending than the national average, with a better summer than last year as international tourism has fired back up and visitor numbers recover.” Worldline NZ chief sales officer Bruce Proffit said Black Friday spending exceeded that of Boxing Day sales, but spending on both days remained below that of the days immediately prior to Christmas. This was the second year in a row that spending on Black Friday outpaced that of Boxing Day sales. The average transaction size in the lead up to Christmas was $56.76, down 2.8% on last year. Annual spending growth on Boxing Day was highest on the West Coast, up 33% on last year. Compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, spending on Boxing Day was up 3.1%. Kiwis rang $100.5 million through tills around the country on Boxing Day – a 2.6% increase on spending recorded during the sales day last year.

All-rounder Cameron Green celebrated a maiden five-wicket innings haul as Australia skittled South Africa for 189 on day one of the second test.

His opening partner Usman Khawaja was caught behind for one off Rabada but Warner and Labuschagne survived to leave Australia well positioned ahead of a hot day in the field for South Africa. David Warner was 32 not out in his 100th test, with Marnus Labuschagne on five, and Australia trailing by 144 runs but well in control to the delight of a festive Boxing Day crowd of 64,876 at a sun-drenched Melbourne Cricket Ground. All-rounder Cameron Green celebrated a maiden five-wicket innings haul as Australia skittled South Africa for 189 before finishing 45 for one in reply at the end of day one of the second test.