Boxing Day blowout: Is the ‘HST-GST holiday’ causing shoppers to spend more?

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Boxing Day blowout: Is the ‘HST-GST holiday’ causing shoppers to spend more?
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The day after Christmas, Boxing Day, is traditionally one where consumers go shopping for sought-after items at lower prices. Boxing Day shopping is also a social event. And in a month that saw a postal strike and the first of its kind 'HST-GST holiday' on some items.

02:01 | December 26, 2024The day after Christmas, Boxing Day, is traditionally one where consumers go shopping for sought-after items at lower prices. Boxing Day shopping is also a social event. And in a month that saw a postal strike and the first of its kind "HST-GST holiday" on some items. And shoppers may continue to buy tax-discounted items into the middle of February. Global’s Sean O’Shea reports.

The day after Christmas, Boxing Day, is traditionally one where consumers go shopping for sought-after items at lower prices. Boxing Day shopping is also a social event. And in a month that saw a postal strike and the first of its kind "HST-GST holiday" on some items. And shoppers may continue to buy tax-discounted items into the middle of February. Global’s Sean O’Shea reports.

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