Jan 7, 2014

Boost for the Street as Shoppers Stay LocalBy Rosalind GriffithsShetlandTimes.co.uk

Lerwick, UK – Town centre shops have reported booming business over the festive period, with many saying sales were up on the same time last year with more people buying locally.

The Camera Centre owner Ben Mullay said it had been a “great” Christmas period with an “unprecedented” demand for iPads and GoPro action cameras, which come in an underwater housing and can be clamped onto a helmet, a bike – or a remote control aeroplane.

And, he said, the shop started getting busier a lot earlier: “Normally the 23rd and 24th December are the busiest.”

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