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Boxing day sales drew thousands of shoppers to take advantage of post-Christmas bargains
Boxing day sales drew thousands of shoppers to take advantage of post-Christmas bargains

Boxing day sales drew thousands of shoppers to take advantage of post-Christmas bargains

Date12/26/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Boxing day sales drew thousands of shoppers to take advantage of post-Christmas bargains. Some were spending gifts of cash at Christmas. Others were stoking up on decorations and gift-wrap so they can do it again next year. At the A & A record store; Yonge St.; shoppers lined up from 8.30 a.m. to get first crack at bargains. Every few minutes a store employee would announce newest sale items and crowd would push to the spot; keeping clerks busy.
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Bargain hunters: Thousands of shoppers jostle in the Eaton Centre yesterday to snap up Boxing Day bargains offered by stores
Bargain hunters: Thousands of shoppers jostle in the Eaton Centre yesterday to snap up Boxing Day bargains offered by stores
12/27/1992
Paper chase: A weary looking shopper goes in search of more Boxing Day bargains after having nabbed an armful of discount Christmas wrapping paper
Paper chase: A weary looking shopper goes in search of more Boxing Day bargains after having nabbed an armful of discount Christmas wrapping paper
12/28/1987
They're doing their Christmas shopping early, Crowds of eager shoppers, looking for bargains in cards for Christmas, 1974, thronged stores today. Some(...)
They're doing their Christmas shopping early, Crowds of eager shoppers, looking for bargains in cards for Christmas, 1974, thronged stores today. Some(...)
12/26/1973
Shoppers line up on Yonge St. yesterday waiting for stores to open with their Boxing Day sales. Much of the business was in exchanges and refunds rath(...)
Shoppers line up on Yonge St. yesterday waiting for stores to open with their Boxing Day sales. Much of the business was in exchanges and refunds rath(...)
12/26/1973
Shop till you drop? There just wasn't any room for these brave shoppers to drop, as scores pressed shoulder to shoulder in anticipation of bargains at(...)
Shop till you drop? There just wasn't any room for these brave shoppers to drop, as scores pressed shoulder to shoulder in anticipation of bargains at(...)
12/27/1987
Boxing day sales get Sunday start, Bargain hunters were out in force Sunday as several downtown Toronto stores began their traditional Boxing Day sale(...)
Boxing day sales get Sunday start, Bargain hunters were out in force Sunday as several downtown Toronto stores began their traditional Boxing Day sale(...)
12/26/1971
Christmas Cards at half price were selling well today in Simpsons and other stores, holding their last Boxing Day sales
Christmas Cards at half price were selling well today in Simpsons and other stores, holding their last Boxing Day sales
12/26/1975
Bargain hunters: A happy Rhonda Watson, 15, from Bobcaygeon (left) and aunt Brenda Walker, 20, of Aurora stand outside a downtown store with $200 worth of Boxing Day bargains
Bargain hunters: A happy Rhonda Watson, 15, from Bobcaygeon (left) and aunt Brenda Walker, 20, of Aurora stand outside a downtown store with $200 worth of Boxing Day bargains
12/26/1986
Boxing Day bargains
Boxing Day bargains
12/27/1979
Boxing day bargains
Boxing day bargains
12/26/1991
Hopeful sing: Shoppers like these are boosting sales for Canada's retailers after a weak first-quarter performance
Hopeful sing: Shoppers like these are boosting sales for Canada's retailers after a weak first-quarter performance
12/27/1983
Jeanie Hersenhoren scoops up cut-price Christmas wrap as she joins Boxing Day bargain hunters at the Eaton Centre today
Jeanie Hersenhoren scoops up cut-price Christmas wrap as she joins Boxing Day bargain hunters at the Eaton Centre today
12/27/1989