Vic: Australians spend up big the week before Christmas

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2008
Vic: Australians spend up big the week before Christmas

Retailers around Australia are bracing themselves for the last minute Christmas rush
over the next few days .. as more than half of all shoppers complete their yuletide purchases.

Australian Retailers Association chief executive RICHARD EVANS says more than 60 per
cent of buyers leave their shopping to the last minute .. and the main culprits are men.

Mr EVANS says after a year of slow sales .. retailers are expecting shoppers to spend
more than 37 billion dollars this Christmas .. and hope to see some of the money rolling
in from the federal government's stimulus package.

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KEYWORD: XMAS SHOPS (MELBOURNE)

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