Millions of Australians are expected to spend a record amount at boxing day sales across the country today

Millions of Australians are expected to spend a record amount at boxing day sales across the country today.

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00:00They're certainly starting to trickle in a bit more now after what was a relatively

00:06quiet morning here at Bourke Street Mall in Melbourne.

00:11This is a pretty unusual scene for Boxing Day sales.

00:16We know that in years past there's been lines of people down the street waiting for those

00:21doors to open to rush in.

00:23That certainly wasn't the case here this morning, but we are, as you said, starting

00:28to see a few more people arrive now, and Australians are still turning up, according to the Australian

00:33Retailers Association, who have forecast a $1.6 billion in spending across the country

00:40this Boxing Day, and that is also a 4.3% increase from last year.

00:47So certainly people are still turning up.

00:50Those areas that we're expecting to see some of the biggest sales include household goods,

00:55apparels and clothing and department stores like the one behind me.

01:00Now some of the people I've spoken to this morning have been among those prepared shoppers.

01:05One person told me they had mapped out their shopping trip, hit all their targeted department

01:12stores and then got out before breakfast time.

01:16Another person told me they got in early just so that they could go to the Boxing Day test.

01:20I got here before six o'clock in the morning, and I'm here on a goal to buy a bed and just

01:28have a really good time looking at the sales.

01:31Oh, to be honest, I haven't came from last few years because of the kids, COVID and all

01:35that.

01:35So yeah, normally I used to come here around five o'clock in the morning, because normally

01:39like there used to be a queue outside and all that.

01:41So, but this year it's a little bit quiet.

01:44So hopefully the people will come up later on.

01:46You know how you see on the TV, people are charging through?

01:49Well, I haven't quite seen that yet, but I'm sure it's to come.

01:52So certainly, certainly a quieter scene than we usually see, but Australians are still turning

01:59up here this morning.