Foot and vehicle traffic on Esk St was “bumper-to-bumper”. The inner-city development bought the issue of only one footpath, Waldron said, as people had to weave in and out of fellow shoppers. Worldwide, release dates for quite a few books had been pushed back in light of shipping delays but that was beginning to ease, Waldron said. Neighbouring Retail Group in the Invercargill CBD chair Ben Fokkens said Boxing Day was “huge” and there were a lot of people around. Fokkens owns The Shoe Clinic on Esk St. The busy Saturday came after a profitable pre-Christmas period as well, he said.