Christmas slowly brings shoppers back into the CBD
Christmas slowly brings shoppers back into the CBD Christmas slowly brings shoppers back into the CBD Normal text size Advertisement 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:...