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Five tricks retailers will use to make you shop this Christmas

  • Written by The Conversation
imageBoxing Day sales are a form of ritualised shopping for many Australians. AAP/Sam Mooy

Australian shoppers are predicted to spend nearly A$47 billion this Christmas. But retailers have to work harder and harder to get shoppers to pull out their wallets.

Here are five strategies retailers will be using to get us to part with our hard earned coin.

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