Why this weekend is the best time to buy your Christmas presents - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life Why this weekend is the best time to buy your Christmas presents By You Magazine - December 19, 2019 It’s always good to be prepared, and Christmas in particular is an especially important time to get ahead to avoid panic, hustle and bustle. In fact, those among us who have bought and wrapped all our presents already may be feeling pretty smug right about now. However this year, the late-comers and last minuters may be the ones having the last laugh after all. Because in actual fact, this weekend before Christmas has been lauded the best time to buy your Christmas presents in order to snap up a last-minute bargain. Getty Images According to research by PwC, this Saturday (21 December 2019), is the ideal time to find bargains among the heavily discounted deals most brands and retailers are offering. Dubbed ‘Super Saturday,’ PwC predict that as there have been fewer shopping weekends between Black Friday and Christmas day this year, more retailers will feel pressure to offer discounts to clear out stock prior to the holiday season. With less spending this year overall for Christmas, many people are having to be tempted even more to buy presents and extras, meaning discounts are necessary. “We expect to see significantly higher promotional levels this weekend and a bumper Boxing Day sale compared to previous years, with deep discounts for patient consumers,” explained Lisa Hooker, PwC’s consumer markets leader. Getty Images This is great news for those of us who’ve yet to finish our Christmas shopping list, but also has the potential to encourage more spending than is necessary, leading to hyper-consumerism, and an increase in waste. Whatever your Christmas shopping habits, there are ways to make this year slightly more sustainable, especially when it comes to your wrapping choices. Whether it’s sticking to brown paper that’s recyclable, or investing in re-usable material packaging, there are plenty of ways to avoid unnecessary waste at the end of 2019. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved