Boxing Day sales not such a great deal, says Regina business owner

The owner of a Regina music store says Boxing Day isn't the big sales draw it was a decade ago. And that's OK with him he doesn't open his shop on Boxing Day anyway.

Craig Martin owns B Sharp Music, and for the last three decades, his store has never been open on Christmas or Boxing Day.

With other big sales days like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, he says he just prefers to give his employees a couple of extra days off.

"In retail, you very rarely get a long weekend, or two days off back-to-back," he said.

And he says in his business, there's not much point in Boxing Day sales anyway.

"Literally, everything's on sale every day of the year, so there's not much extra fat to trim when it comes to Boxing Day sales either," he said.

"It's just something we've never done. I don't know if we've missed out on it or not but we'll continue to close Boxing Day."

He thinks there's no reason someone can't do their shopping on Dec. 27.

Sales down

In general, everyday has been slow for the last year, Martin said.

He thinks thereasons may includethe economy, online shopping and a waning interest in buying musical instruments.

A lot of B Sharp's customers are teachers, who are searching for students themselves, Martin added.

"It just seems to be a bit of a downturn in our industry at the moment."

He said when the employees come back for workon Tuesday, the same sales will be available as any other day.