Bargain-hunters Flock To Sales

The number of bargain-hunters visiting the sales is up on last year, according to figures published by analysts. FootFall said the number of people in key shopping centres across the country over the final days of 2004 was 2.1 per cent above the equivalent days in 2003. The figures record only how many shoppers are out and about and not how much they are spending.

Sheelah Turner, marketing information analyst at FootFall, said in The Scotsman: "The increase is encouraging, indicating that shoppers still have the intention to spend. We know, however, from the pre-Christmas trading that shoppers are savvy bargain-hunters."