Almost 60,000 shoppers flock to WestQuay (From Daily Echo)
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Almost 60,000 shoppers flock to WestQuay in Southampton for Boxing Day sales
1:17pm Thursday 27th December 2012 in News
By Luke Tugby, Senior reporter
WestQuay
Almost 60,000 shoppers flocked to Southampton's WestQuay shopping centre yesterday on one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
Thousands of shoppers queued from 3.15am on Boxing Day to take advantage of the knock down prices, as retailers shifted their leftover 2012 stock.
Now bosses at the mall have revealed that footfall reached the 58,000-mark throughout the day, sending tills into meltdown.
The figures equalled last year's Boxing Day haul, while there was an increase of eight per cent in the number of vehicles using the mall's car parks.
And the clamour for post-Christmas bargains continued today, as hundreds queued outside the shopping centre ahead of the first day of the John Lewis sale.
Andy Collyer, General Manager at WestQuay, said he expected the number of shoppers to reach the 100,000 mark today.
It comes after 160,000 shoppers visited the centre last weekend.
Mr Collyer said: “Christmas is always a busy time for WestQuay, and yesterday proved no exception, with over 2,000 shoppers queuing for the Next sale when the store opened at 6am.
“That's around 500 people more than when the doors opened for the first day of the sale last year.
“We welcomed almost 58,000 shoppers to WestQuay yesterday, with almost 5,700 cars visiting the WestQuay car parks.
“Overall, Christmas trading at WestQuay has been positive and we are looking forward to continuing to welcome even more shoppers over the next few days.”
Comments(13)
News Fanatic
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3:30pm Thu 27 Dec 12
mark.baker
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4:10pm Thu 27 Dec 12
Vix1
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4:32pm Thu 27 Dec 12
Big Mac
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5:29pm Thu 27 Dec 12
In fact, I think I'll waste a bit more and get two.
Ginger_cyclist
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6:22pm Thu 27 Dec 12
Of the Ilk
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6:43pm Thu 27 Dec 12
Ginger_cyclist wrote:or just never go the West Quay ever.
NEVER, I repeat, NEVER, go to the food terrace when the after Christmas sales are on, took me 20 minutes to find a seat while other people were making do with the floor... At least I managed to put money in the bank and get a few bike bits from decathlon though.
Ginger_cyclist
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7:09pm Thu 27 Dec 12
Of the Ilk wrote:True but I still had to look round at least.
Ginger_cyclist wrote:or just never go the West Quay ever.
NEVER, I repeat, NEVER, go to the food terrace when the after Christmas sales are on, took me 20 minutes to find a seat while other people were making do with the floor... At least I managed to put money in the bank and get a few bike bits from decathlon though.
elvisimo
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8:54pm Thu 27 Dec 12
Vix1 wrote:Not if you were given a load of sh&t
Wish people could be more grateful for the gifts people have saved up to buy for them!!! To have to go and spend the very next day speaks of ingratitude to me!
romanab
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9:51pm Thu 27 Dec 12
Nod
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4:47pm Fri 28 Dec 12
romanab
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7:32pm Fri 28 Dec 12
Nod wrote:Good comment Nod. I thank you for it. I can improve my English with interesting words I had nearly forgotten. I am not kidding, I am not English.
West Quay, where the gullible an family-less congregate as one to purchase copies of the clothes that the shops previously had on sale. This time though they're made out of cheaper materials and made in more torturous sweatshops.
IronLady2010
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8:38pm Fri 28 Dec 12
All those dirty hands on items that have been picked up by god knows how many others.
All the clothes worn without washing etc.....
City Saint says...
1:53pm Thu 27 Dec 12