Ngezigidi ezifolele ngaphandle kwamaziko okuthenga kulo lonke elase-UK ukusuka ezinzulwini zobusuku, abazingeli bentengiso bayonwabela i-4.75bn yokuchitha imali kwintengiso yoSuku lweBoxing yanamhlanje.
Abathengisi bathoba amaxabiso eempahla, izinto zasekhaya kunye nezixhobo zombane ukuya kuthi ga kwi-70 pesenti kwilinge lokutsala abathengi abaninzi kangangoko kunyaka onzima kwisitalato esikhulu.
Iyonke kwivenkile kunye nenkcitho ye-intanethi imiselwe ukubetha irekhodi eliphezulu kwinkcitho yokuthengisa yase-UK imihla ngemihla, amanani avela kwiZiko loPhando loRhwebo lubonisa.
Iingcali ziqikelela ukuba i-£ 3.71bn eqikelelweyo echithwe kwiivenkile kunye ne-intanethi iya kudlula irekhodi yonyaka ophelileyo ye-£ 4.46bn.
Abathengi bapakishe isitalato sase-Oxford saseLondon kwintengiso yoSuku lweBoxing njengoko abathengisi abaninzi behlisa amaxabiso ukuze batsale abathengi emva konyaka onzima kwisitalato esikhulu.
Amawakawaka abazingeli abathengisayo bajikeleza ipaki yokuthengisa yaseSilverlink eNorth Tyneside
Abathengisi abaninzi banikezela ngeerekhoda zerekhodi ukugcina inzuzo njengoko iingcali zisithi "kuyakhuthaza" ukubona abathengi bethontelana kwiivenkile eziphezulu ezitalatweni.
Amawakawaka abantu bemi ngomgca ukusuka kwasekuseni kwiindawo zokuthenga kunye neepaki zokuthengisa, kubandakanya iNewcastle, iBirmingham, iManchester kunye neCardiff.
Isitalato saseOxford sasigcwele, abathengi bethontelana ukuya kwindawo yokuthengisa, amaxabiso ehle ukuya kuthi ga kwi-50 pesenti kwezinye iivenkile.
Intengiso yasebusika yaseHarrods yaqalisa ngale ntsasa kwaye abathengi bafika ngo-7am, kunye nemigca emide eyenza macala onke evenkile edumileyo yesebe.
Abahlalutyi bakwathe irekhodi ebelilindelwe namhlanje kungenxa yabathengi abagxile kuSuku lweBoxing ukuze bathathe iintengiso, kunye ne-boom yangethuba leKrisimesi emva kokuba abathengi abambalwa bangaphambi kweKrisimesi.
Abathengi kwilizwe lonke bebefole ngaphandle kweevenkile ngaphambi kokusa, kwaye abantu bafotwa bethwele imfumba yeempahla ezixabisa isiqingatha ngaphakathi, njengoko abantu abangaphezu kwesiqingatha sesigidi bekulindeleke ukuba bathontelane kumbindi weLondon.
Uphononongo olwenziwa yiVoucherCodes Retail Research Centre lubonisa ukuba ukuchitha namhlanje kulindeleke ukuba kube phantse kathathu i-£ 1.7bn kwi-panic ngoMgqibelo ngaphambi kweKrisimesi kunye ne-50% ephezulu kune-£ 2.95bn ngoLwesihlanu omnyama.
Ingeniso yokuthengisa yehlile kulo nyaka - isosula malunga neebhiliyoni ezili-17 zeedola kwizabelo zeevenkile ezinkulu zaseBritane - kwaye kulindeleke ukuba kuvalwe ngakumbi iivenkile ngo-2019.
Unjingalwazi uJoshua Bamfield, ongumalathisi weZiko loPhando ngoRhwebo, uthe: “Usuku lwamanqindi yayilelona xesha likhulu lokuchitha imali kunyaka ophelileyo kwaye luza kuba lukhulu ngakumbi kulo nyaka.
“I-£3.7bn echithwe ezivenkileni kunye ne-£1bn kwi-intanethi iya kuba phezulu kakhulu kuba iivenkile kunye nabathengi bebesithi phantse bonke abathengi baya kugxila kusuku lokuqala lokuthengisa ukufumana ezona zivumelwano zibalaseleyo.
Abathengi bajonga izihlangu ngaphakathi kwevenkile yeSelfridges eOxford Street ngexesha lokuthengiswa kweBoxing Day.Kulindeleke ukuba ibe yeyona mini ichitha kakhulu iBoxing Day, kunye neengcali ziqikelela i-£4.75bn yokuchitha ixesha elininzi
Ipaki yokuthengisa yaseLakeside yaseThurrock ibigcwele ngabazingeli bentengiso ngentsasa yentengiso yoSuku lweBoxing yanamhlanje.
“Uphando lukwabonisa ukuba abathengi abaninzi bachitha yonke imali yabo ngexesha elinye, ngokungafaniyo neminyaka embalwa edlulileyo xa abantu bebesiya kuthengisa izihlandlo ezininzi ngeveki okanye ezimbini.
U-Anthony McGrath, ingcali yokuthengisa kwi-Fashion Retail Academy, uthe "kuyakhuthaza" ukubona amawaka abantu bethontelana ezitratweni kwasekuseni.
Uthe: “Ngelixa amanye amagama amakhulu aqala ukuthengisa kwi-Intanethi ngaphambili, imigca yabonisa imodeli yeshishini esetyenziswa ngabathengisi abanje ngokulandelayo, apho isitokhwe sincitshiswa de kube semva kweKrisimesi, esengubungqina bempumelelo.
'Ngexesha lokukhula kweentengiso ze-intanethi, nayiphi na intshukumo yokukhupha abathengi kwi-sofa kwaye baye evenkileni kufuneka iqhwatywe izandla.
“Abathengi baya benovelwano ngakumbi kwizipaji zabo, belinda de kube yiBoxing Day ukuze bathenge iimpahla zomyili nezinto zodidi oluphezulu.
Ngentsimbi ye-10.30am ngoSuku lweBoxing, ukuhamba ngeenyawo eLondon eWest End kwakunyuke ngeepesenti ezili-15 kulo nyaka uphelileyo njengoko abathengi babethontelana ukuya kwindawo yokuthengisa.
UJess Tyrrell, umphathi oyintloko weNkampani yeNew West End, uthe: “Kwi-West End, sibone ukuphindaphindeka nge-Boxing Day nge-15 ekhulwini lokunyuka kwabantu abahamba ngeenyawo ngale ntsasa.
“Ukugxalathelana kwabakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe kuqhutywa yiponti ebuthathaka, ngelixa abathengi basekhaya nabo bejonge usuku lokuphumla emva kwemibhiyozo yosapho yayizolo.”
“Sisendleleni yokuchitha i-50 yezigidi zeerandi namhlanje, kunye nenkcitho iyonke inyuke yaya kutsho kwi-2.5 yebhiliyoni zeerandi ngexesha elibalulekileyo lokurhweba ngeKrisimesi.
“Ibingunyaka okhuphisana kakhulu nomngeni kurhwebo lwase-UK, neendleko ezinyukayo kunye nemida ecudisiweyo.
"Njengomqeshi omkhulu welizwe labucala, sifuna urhulumente ajonge ngaphaya kweBrexit kwaye axhase ukuthengisa e-UK ngo-2019."
Ngokutsho kweShopperTrak, uSuku lweBoxing luhlala lulolona suku lokuthenga - ukuchitha imali ephindwe kabini kuSuku lweBoxing njengolwesiHlanu oMnyama kulo nyaka uphelileyo - kunye ne-£ 12bn kwintengiso phakathi kweKrisimesi kunye noNyaka oMtsha.
Ingcaphephe yezobuntlola eSpringboard ithe umyinge wokuhla kweenyawo e-UK emini emaqanda ubengaphantsi nge-4.2% kunangaxeshanye ngoSuku lweBoxing kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
Oku kuncinci kancinci kunokwehla kwe-5.6% ebonwe kwi-2016 kunye ne-2017, kodwa ukuhla okukhulu kune-Boxing Day 2016, xa i-traffic yeenyawo yayiyi-2.8% ephantsi kune-2015.
Kwakhona yathi i-traffic yeenyawo ukusuka kwi-Boxing Day ukuya kwimini enkulu yayiyi-10% ephantsi kunoMgqibelo we-22 kaDisemba, usuku oluphezulu lokuthengisa ngaphambi kweKrisimesi kulo nyaka, kunye ne-9.4% ephantsi kunoLwesihlanu omnyama.
Ibingunyaka onzima kubathengisi abaziwayo beempawu zesitrato eziphakamileyo ezifana nePoundworld kunye neMaplin, kunye noMarks & Spencer kunye noDebenhams bebhengeza izicwangciso zokuvala iivenkile, ngelixa iSuperdry, Carpetright kunye neCarpet Factory ikhuphe izilumkiso zenzuzo.
Abathengisi besitrato esiphakamileyo bebesilwa neendleko eziphezulu kunye nokuzithemba okuphantsi kwabathengi njengoko abathengi bephinda bechitha imali phakathi kokungaqiniseki kweBrexit kwaye abantu baya besanda kuthenga kwi-Intanethi kunokundwendwela iivenkile zezitena kunye nodaka.
Malunga nabantu abangama-2,500 bafole ngaphandle kwekhampasi yaseNewcastle yaseSilverlink ngo-6am ukuze kuvulwe ivenkile elandelayo.
Isigebenga sempahla sakhupha amatikiti ali-1,300 ewonke, bangaphi abantu abanokuhlaliswa yivenkile ngexesha elinye, kodwa xa wonke umntu engena, kwakukho abantu abangaphezu kwe-1,000 ababelindele ukungena.
Intengiso elandelayo yenye yezona ziganeko zilindelekileyo kwi-Boxing Day, njengoko ixabiso lezinto ezininzi liye lancitshiswa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-50%.
"Abanye abantu banokucinga ukuba ukulinda iiyure ezintlanu ukuze uvule ivenkile kugqithisile, kodwa asifuni zonke ezona zivumelwano zintle zihambile ngexesha singena ngalo."
Abanye bebejonge ukulinda ixesha elide njengoko babeme emgceni kumaqondo obushushu aqhaqhazelisayo eNewcastle, besonge ngeengubo, iminqwazi eshushu kunye needyasi.
Abathengi baphinde babonwa befolile ngaphandle kwe-Okulandelayo kwiziko lokuthenga iBullring Central eBirmingham kunye neManchester Trafford Centre kwiiyure zasekuseni ngale ntsasa.
I-Debenhams iqala kwi-intanethi nakwiivenkile namhlanje kwaye iya kuqhubeka kude kube nguNyaka oMtsha.
Nangona kunjalo, ivenkile yesebe sele ithengisa kakhulu nangaphambi kweKrisimesi, ukuya kuthi ga kwi-50% yesaphulelo sempahla yabasetyhini, ubuhle kunye neziqholo.
I-Tech giant Currys PC World iza kuthoba amaxabiso, kunye nezivumelwano kulo nyaka uphelileyo eziquka izinto ezikhethekileyo kwiilaptop, iiTV, oomatshini bokuhlamba kunye nezikhenkcisi zefriji.
UDon Williams, iqabane lase-UK lokuthengisa e-KPMG, uthe: “Ukusukela oko iBlack Friday yafika e-UK ngo-2013, ixesha lokuthengisa ngeeholide alizange lifane.
“Ewe, uhlalutyo lwangaphambili lwe-KPMG luye lwaqaqambisa ukuba isaphulelo sikaNovemba sitshitshise ixesha lokuthenga leKrisimesi lesiqhelo, linyusa intengiso kunye nokugcina abathengisi besenza isaphulelo ixesha elide.
“Njengokuba uBlack Friday uphoxekile kulo nyaka, abaninzi baxolelwe ngethemba lokuba iza kuxhamla emva kweKrisimesi, kuquka neBoxing Day.
' Kodwa, kuninzi lwabantu, loo nto ayinakwenzeka. Uninzi lusazasokola ukukholisa abathengi, ngakumbi abathengi abafumana imali abayisebenzisileyo.
"Kodwa kubathengisi abagcina iimpahla ekufuneka babenazo, kuninzi ekufuneka kudlalwa kumsitho wokugqibela."
Abargainers bebefola ngaphandle ngokulandelayo kwindawo yokuthenga iBullring & Grand Central kwiziko ledolophu yaseBirmingham ukusukela ezinzulwini zobusuku ukuze babone ukuba zeziphi iintengiso kwintengiso yoSuku lweBoxing.
Ixesha lokuposa: Mar-03-2022