Poll: Will you head to the Boxing Day sales?
Shoppers are already enjoying heavy discounting as major retailers began their traditional Boxing Day sales up to two days early, including Debenhams and House of Fraser.
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Other major names bringing the sales forward are John Lewis, which has announced its clearance begins at 5pm today, Next, whose online sale starts slightly earlier at 3pm, and M&S.com, which is offering up to 50% off from noon.
Sainsbury's Bank has estimated 11% of the week's shopping will take place in the final hours of trading of Christmas Eve - down from 22% last year - but 23.6 million people are expected to have shopped on Wednesday compared with 17.5 million last year, spending up to £832 million.
