Boxing Day shoppers up 8 percent as Britain begins annual bargain hunt

LONDON (Reuters) - Britons were out in force for the Boxing Day sales with 8 percent more shoppers than last year, despite heavy rainfall that left parts of the country under water and without power, figures from retail data company Springboard showed on Thursday.

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