15/12/2009 - Sales boost for shopping centres
Capital Shopping Centres (CSC) has hailed the start of a consumer fightback as it reports more shoppers than last year are visiting it stores.
It says that numbers are up by 3%, with more than seven million shoppers visiting its 14 centres, including the Metrocentre in Gateshead and Braehead in Glasgow, in the past week alone.
Says commercial director Trevor Pereira: "Sales of traditional favourites - electrical goods, perfume sets, CDs and DVD - remain popular Christmas items.
"The pace of shopping is steady across the whole of the UK, and as ever, we expect late shopping surges over the next two weekends before Christmas."
He also reports a poll revealing the 10 most annoying Christmas songs: Please Come Home For Christmas (Bon Jovi), Wonderful Christmas Time (Paul McCartney), Stay Another Day (East 17), Winter Wonderland (Tony Bennett), The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood), Mistletoe and Wine (Cliff Richard), Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee), Lonely This Christmas (MUD), Santa Clause is Coming to Town (Bruce Springsteen) and Let it Snow.
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