Shoppers search for Boxing Day sales as pandemic restricts retail options
Shoppers donned masks and boots to brave outdoor lineups in parts of Canada on Saturday, while others turned to the internet to take part in a Boxing Day that bore little resemblance to the holiday of years past. With non-essential retail shuttered or restricted across swaths of the country in a bid to stem the spread of COVID-19, some industry watchers said much of this year's post-Christmas shopping would be replaced with internet searches and online orders. But in Alberta, where retail remained open with stores limited to 15 per cent of their capacity, business was brisk at Canada's larges...
Source: chroniclejournal.com