Boxing Day Closures

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Aldi, John Lewis and Sainsbury's are among the major retailers bucking trends by closing stores this Boxing Day. However, shoppers hoping to grab a bargain in the traditional Boxing Day sales can still do so with some shops starting in-store sales from 27 December and others launching online sales from 24 December instead. 

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'Aldi, John Lewis, Sainsbury's and more will close stores on Boxing Day but some still plan sales - here's the full info'

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boatman

Seems a bit pointless if the website is still open for sales, still need staff for this.. 🤷 robbing Peter to pay Paul ..

Brie

Annoying when some are making a virtue of it by claiming it's to benefit the staff and rewarding them with time off to be with their families and to relax after a year of working hard.  I suspect it's more to do with having to pay over the odds to have stores open due to the combination of protected holiday and Sunday working overtime - assuming their staff are eligible for either.

Given most individual's propensity to over buy in the build up to Christmas I would have thought we could go cold turkey for 2 days and not do any shopping at all.