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Europeans’ Xmas spendathon

Dec.23 – Visa is predicting transactions worth 1.2 billion pounds will be made across Europe today during the year’s projected busiest shopping day.Penny Tweedie, Reuters.


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Europeans’ Xmas spendathon

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  1. This busy street is in Oxford.
  2. This is one of the busiest shopping days in the year.
  3. Shoppers will spend £833,000 today.
  4. The weekend was also very busy.
  5. People shopping today always leave it until the last minute.
  6. The snow only caused problems in the UK.
  7. Spending has been down by 10% this year.
  8. Trucks couldn’t deliver goods in Germany and the UK.
  9. Consumers in Europe have spent £2 billion on Visa cards.
  10. Retailers are expecting a good day today.