Shoppers make the most of post-Christmas sales in London
Shoppers in Central London say the streets are not as busy as they expected, while they make the most of the sales. Despite this, the number of people heading to the high street was up by 4 percent on Boxing Day, compared to a year ago. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 It's less busy than before Christmas and it's a nice atmosphere for the kids and all the lights are out.
00:07 So yeah, it's just a nice experience for them to be in London around this time.
00:12 Always looking for a bargain.
00:14 Our work's not far away, it was really busy in the lead up to Christmas, so now it's, yeah, hopefully we can get some bargains.
00:20 It's nicer in the morning, but it's a lot better than it was last year. It seems a bit more cheery.
00:24 There's certain shops that always do really well in the sales.
00:27 Certain ones, probably not so much.
00:30 I'm enjoying it, yeah. Sales. I just bought a perfume at John Lewis, so I'm enjoying it.
00:36 I did Black Friday as well, I got a lot of good prizes. Lower prizes on perfumes, watches, clothes as well.
00:51 We were just saying that it's not as busy as we thought it would be. Yeah, it is really quiet actually for a day after Boxing Day day.