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Christmas slowly brings shoppers back into the CBD
Christmas slowly brings shoppers back into the CBD
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The number of Christmas shoppers in Melbourne s CBD is down by more than a third this year, after the extended COVID-19 lockdown flushed office workers out of the city.
Normally, shops would be buzzing during lunch breaks through the working weeks leading up to Christmas. The difference this year is that Melburnians have made dedicated trips into the city on weekends instead, retailers say.
Patrick Boyle, store manager at Up There men s store in the CBD.
Credit:Wayne Taylor
At the Hill of Content bookshop on Bourke Street, it s finally busier than part-owner Diana Johnston expected even though business is still down by 50 per cent for the Christmas period.