Early internet sales see traders take hit

By The Newsroom
Published 10th Jan 2015, 09:00 BST
WH 060115 Montague Street shoppers. Photo by Derek Martin SUS-150601-154201001WH 060115 Montague Street shoppers. Photo by Derek Martin SUS-150601-154201001
WH 060115 Montague Street shoppers. Photo by Derek Martin SUS-150601-154201001
EARLY online offers contributed to slow sales for town centre traders as post-Christmas bargain hunters shopped in the comfort of their own homes.

Visitors numbers to Worthing town centre on Boxing Day slumped ten per cent, compared with last year’s figures.

Footfall in December improved by 1.5 per cent on the same period last year but town centre manager Sharon Clarke said Christmas Day sales on the internet had affected traders.

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