Boxing Day Anticipated Busy

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Boxing Day doesn't deliver the same punch it was once did, but retailers expect a busy day

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Boxing Day may not be the big one-day shopping event it once was for Canadian deal-hunters, but one big box outlet still expects it to be busy.

Retail Council of Canada says Boxing Day is competing with Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.

The big question for Boxing Day sales is how much the GST hiatus is going to affect consumer behaviour in December .

Islam and Ghosh concluded that while the temporary break on discretionary items may be momentarily helpful for consumers, a better option for improving affordability would have been to permanently cut taxes on essential goods.

Those who will not be able to afford to, they will have no choice, they said.

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