SHOPPERS turned out in their droves in Worcester city centre on Boxing Day to get stuck into the annual sales.

But for firms on the High Street, this year's edition of the festive retail rush was a mixed bag.

While some shops reported a decent return, others were affected by the increasing number of people shopping online.

Tom George, the manager of independent record shop Rise, has been at the store for three-and-a-half years.

He said 2014's festive period had been a success, driven by the "resurgence" in sales of vinyl.

Mr George said: "Overall it was pretty good.

"Some days were really good and some a bit quieter, which I think was down to there being an extra shopping day in the run up to Christmas, so people spread their time along those days.

"We had a lot of vinyls and chart CDs in the Boxing Day sale and they have done well in the past couple of days.

"There have been a few more people coming to the high street, but we've been helped by the resurgence of vinyl."

H&M department manager Bryony Robinson said this year had been another fruitful one for the store.

She said: "Our sales are always big and it's been the same pattern again.

"Lots of people came out for Boxing Day but every year our sale starts before Christmas.

"We have an online presence as well so that didn't have an impact - it was pretty much what we expected."

However, other shops - who asked to be remained anonymous - said it had been a struggle for the majority of shops on the High Street, due to the growing numbers of people turning to Internet shopping.

Nationally, the overall spend on Boxing Day sales was up to a record £3billion - but the number of shop visits was down by around 10 per cent compared to last year.

Experts suggested this was down to the weather warnings issued for the day and the popularity of online shopping.