Liverpool One, Merseyside, UK 15th December, 2013. Williamson Square Bandstand where big discounts being offered by retailers tempted Christmas shoppers out in huge numbers in high streets and shopping centres across the UK today. It meant retailers were enjoying brisk trading on the penultimate Sunday before Christmas Day. Some of the most famous stores offered general reductions of up to 50% and cut prices by up to 75% on selected gifts. Thousands of shoppers descended on the city centre, which has already smashed its own records in the run up to Christmas. Credit: Cernan Elias/Alamy Liv


"Desperate retailers are offering more generous discounts and vouchers in an attempt to snare Christmas Christmas trading period is particularly fierce with retailers battling it out to get as many customers through the doors as possible." "Retailers have adopted a three-point battle plan to try to boost sales during what is a make-or-break period in the final days before Christmas. Opening hours are being extended late into the night, with hundreds of supermarkets trading around the clock over most of the next ten days."


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Location: The City of Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
Photo credit: © Cernan Elias / Alamy / Afripics
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