Shoppers across the country are making good use of the final shopping day before Christmas, flooding shopping centres, malls and suburban retail strips to buy that final present for the Christmas tree with only around six hours or so before most retailers close for the holidays. Retailers pray for late rush Retailers were reporting heavy foot traffic at their stores today as well as overnight, with a number of the larger shopping centres nursing the effects of 24- and 36-hour marathons to cater to those shoppers who found the need to shop at midnight and into the wee hours of the morning. A spokesperson for National ... (full story)