Car park costs just another expense for Australian shoppers this Christmas

By Lucy Cormack
Updated December 11 2016 - 2:23am, first published 12:15am
Parking in shopping centres is one of the biggest bug bears for consumers at Christmas. Photo: Heath Missen
Parking in shopping centres is one of the biggest bug bears for consumers at Christmas. Photo: Heath Missen
Twenty per cent of total retail sales at Westfield shopping centres occurs in December. Photo: Graham Tidy
Twenty per cent of total retail sales at Westfield shopping centres occurs in December. Photo: Graham Tidy
Busy ... The shopping mall in Hurstville. Photo: James Alcock
Busy ... The shopping mall in Hurstville. Photo: James Alcock

More than 80 per cent of Australians plan to do all their Christmas shopping in bricks and mortar stores this year, and for the majority, finding a parking spot is considered the most stressful part.

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