But sales on Boxing Day are expected to plummet due to the various coronavirus restrictions across the country. By midday, footfall was down 60% across the UK compared with last year, according to retail experts Springboard, and shoppers are expected to spend £1 billion less, according to Barclaycard. An estimated £2.7 billion will be spent by UK shoppers by the end of Boxing Day, and each consumer plans to spend an average of £162 online, according to research from Barclaycard, which sees nearly half of the nation’s credit and debit card transactions. This is down from last year’s projection that one in four adults were expected to make the most of Boxing Day sales, spending an average of £186 each and a total of £3.7 billion. Barclaycard said, based on their survey of 2,000 people, there are indications more people did their sales shopping online on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day due to a socially quieter festive period this year and Boxing Day sales are expected to be largely online too.
