“We have an agreement with Amazon and have been getting between six to eight pallets a day from them”. He lists this example: “If Christmas falls on a weekend, then the Friday and Monday surrounding them become critical [but] If it falls on a weekday, that Super Saturday becomes the critical shopping day”.
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Best Buy stores will reopen at 9 a.m. on December 26.
“December 23rd has also become our biggest Christmas shopping day with over 300,000 visiting Westfield in 2015 and we expect similar numbers again this year”.
“Traditionally, Saturdays are very busy in retail environments”, he said.
What about people shopping local stores?
Yvonne Henley is a self-described last-minute, sporadic person who usually ends up shopping in the last few days before Christmas. The Brownsville Liquor Store will be closed Christmas Day.
Now that you know most major banks’ operating hours for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, you can plan accordingly.
The majority will stay open from early Saturday until 6 p.m., including nine area malls owned by Simon Property Group, including King of Prussia, Montgomery and Oxford Valley malls, as well as three Premium Outlet malls. People are off at this time so they kind of come in and want to shop together.
Cashier Courtney Farr has been doing the same.
According to figures from Worldpay, which processes 40 per cent of card payments made in the United Kingdom, there will be a total spend of £3.1 billion today, up from the £2.6 billion spent on Panic Saturday last week when many were purchasing Christmas presents. Don’t necessarily trust the results of intenet searches and your smartphone to give you the correct hours at several local stores. Some stores have limited hours for Christmas Eve, and most will close their doors for Christmas Day.
Brookshire Brothers in Dublin closes at 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve. “We got little girls so we’re going to get some makeup, hair supply and that sort of stuff”. “Coupons are good for $10, $20 and $100 off purchases”.
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“It’s been unbelievable”, said Joaquin Torres, manager at Lush.
