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<p>Retailers are expecting bumper sales as snow-hit Britons seized their last chance to finish Christmas shopping.</p>
<p>Stores were prepared for panic-buying on the high street after the worst winter weather in 100 years forced many to postpone shopping trips in the run-up to Christmas Day.</p>
<p>Visa Europe is expected to confirm that Thursday was a record-breaker for shoppers with an estimated 26.5 million transactions worth more than £1.2 billion.</p>
<p>Around 200,000 people headed to Birmingham&#8217;s Bullring shopping centre, while Meadowhall, near Sheffield, was crammed with 130,000 shoppers.</p>
<p>David Barford, John Lewis&#8217;s director of selling operations, said: &#8220;This week is always incredibly busy for us but there will also be an element of pent-up demand where shoppers weren&#8217;t able to get to branches because of the weather.&#8221;</p>
<p>While today may be the last chance to buy before Christmas, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said it was unlikely to top Thursday as many stores had shorter opening hours.</p>
<p>Spokeswoman Sarah Cordey said: &#8220;After the disruption of December, retailers will be hoping that all of this week they have very good business.</p>
<p>&#8220;For people who couldn&#8217;t get out last weekend, a lot of offices are closed on Christmas Eve so there&#8217;s definitely an opportunity for them to get out and do some Christmas shopping.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trade could also be booming for retailers on Christmas Day itself as analysts predict shoppers could spend more than £150 million online for the first time this year. </p>
<p>An estimated 4.8 million people are expected to spend around £153 million on the day, according to the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG). And Boxing Day spending could top £300 million for the first time, it said.</p>
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