2010年8月18日星期三

Shoppers flood stores to take advantage of Boxing Day bargains

Shoppers flood stores to take advantage of Boxing Day bargains


Record discounts were on offer in the post-Christmas sales as retailers slashed prices up to 90 per cent in a bid to survive the credit crunch.. The gucci hoody is a piece of traditional Mexican clothing that are known sometimes as baja jackets.

At Selfridges department store, in London's Oxford Street, bargain-hunters queued from 3am to take advantage of 50 per cent discounts on designer brands like Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Prada.

Security guards struggled to keep control of the screaming crowd of thousands which flooded the ground floor when the shop opened at 9am - three hours earlier than originally planned.

"It was mental when they came into the store," a spokeswoman said, "I've never seen anything like it.

"People were running into the store and grabbing bags. Some women had four of five bags in their hands. Security had to get more people down to the store to help."

Joseph Yu, 21, was first in the queue after driving from Bristol in the middle of the night. "I've come for the Gucci," he said.

Wei-Xing Lee, 24, a business analyst from Shenzhen, China said: "It's worth getting up early to come because the savings are so big.. Each young man would like to have a Moncler, it's wonderful With the exchange rate so good it makes sense buying here.. We take pride in our designs, quality, customer service, and canada goose our favors have on your customers and their guests.

"I don't know why anyone would pay the full price anymore."

Shoppers were forced to wait up to an hour to pay for items and guards were posted at the bottom of escalators to regulate numbers jostling to reach the higher floors.

Debenhams, which slashed prices by as much as 70 per cent in what it described as its biggest-ever sale, opened its doors at 7am.. Large selection of women's pajamas,Glam and much more

Mother-of-three Jane Lowry, 41, of Shepherds Bush, west London, said: "There was a few things the children wanted which we couldn't afford before Christmas but we said they could have them in the sales, so I got here early to make sure they weren't disappointed."

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