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Shops running Boxing Day sales did better this year than last year, according to one measure of shopper behaviour.
Paymark, the company that accounts for 80 per cent of all electronic transactions, said Boxing Day electronic transaction volumes were up 12 per cent on last year, with over 1.2 million transactions worth $68 million.
However, trading on Boxing Day did not reach the peaks seen on the Thursday to Saturday prior to Christmas.
Transaction volumes peaked at 54 transactions per second on Boxing Day, well short of the 99.5 per second seen in the lead up to Christmas.
Electronic transactions on Boxing Day were ahead of the average increase for the month of December of around 7 per cent.
That meant it was a strong day for retailers, said Simon Tong, Paymark's chief executive.
- NZPA
