Shoppers to splash £2.8bn on last-minute gifts in 'Manic Monday' - as they scramble to pick up presents and food in the final two days before Christmas
Share:
Consumers are set to splash out nearly £2.8 billion on last-minute presents and food in the final two days before Christmas. Tomorrow – dubbed 'Manic Monday' – will see around 16 million shoppers online and in-store splurge £1.46 billion in what is expected to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
![[On Christmas Eve, 14 million Britons will spend £1.31 billion, taking the total over the two days to £2.77 billion. File image]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/00/93393269-14217999-image-a-56_1734828725838.jpg)
On Christmas Eve, 14 million Britons will spend £1.31 billion, taking the total over the two days to £2.77 billion – up from £2.5 billion last year, according to savings website Vouchercodes. In total, £13.39 billion will have been spent in the nine days to Christmas Day – £8.29 billion of it offline.
Industry insiders said that spending in the run-up to Christmas had been helped by many offices closing on Friday. 'A lot of people are leaving their shopping later this year,' said Anita Naik, the website's savings expert. 'But signs are they are making up for it now.'.
Food shopping rather than expensive presents has driven the surge, as big family get-togethers become a priority after the doom-and-gloom years of Covid. Jamie Cuthbert, spokesman for Vouchercodes, added: 'Inflation has stabilised and left shoppers feeling more upbeat.
'In previous years there was Covid followed immediately by the cost-of-living crisis. Spending on food and drink will now take priority, as will holiday travel.'. Consumers are set to splash out nearly £2.8 billion on last-minute presents and food in the final two days before Christmas. File image.
