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Shoppers have been hunting out hidden nuggets at HMV stores as the retailer welcomed back “all the usual faces” following the easing of lockdown restrictions.
The entertainment giant reopened all 93 stores across England and Wales and was expecting to see in-store shopping return to pre-lockdown levels amid strong demand for vinyls and original CDs.
One customer took the week off work to make the most of the easing of restrictions, and was looking to add to his vinyl collection at HMV in Manchester’s Arndale Centre on Monday morning.
(Fabio De Paola/PA)
Ben Milner, from Lancashire, said: “I just love music, I have got my record collection at home but it’s just not the same going on the internet and ordering stuff, it’s been another thing that I have missed so coming in and having a look around the records and stuff and seeing what I can find, why not.”
Primark undies, Debenhams bargains and getting back to normal - Manchester s big shop reopening day It s just nice to get out and do something normal
Updated (Image: Sean Hansford | Manchester Evening News)
If you walked down Manchester s Market Street on Monday lunchtime, you d be forgiven for thinking that life was entirely back to normal on the city s shopping thoroughfare.
Thousands of shoppers packed into stores, buskers were belting out songs, even charity chuggers were back out trying to get you to sign up to a subscription at every turn.
It was the first day of lockdown restrictions easing across the UK, and the first time since Christmas that the people of Greater Manchester have been able to head out to the shops.
Shoppers have been hunting out hidden nuggets at HMV stores as the retailer welcomed back “all the usual faces” following the easing of lockdown restrictions.
The entertainment giant reopened all 93 stores across England and Wales and was expecting to see in-store shopping return to pre-lockdown levels amid strong demand for vinyls and original CDs.
One customer took the week off work to make the most of the easing of restrictions, and was looking to add to his vinyl collection at HMV in Manchester’s Arndale Centre on Monday morning.
(Fabio De Paola/PA)
Ben Milner, from Lancashire, said: “I just love music, I have got my record collection at home but it’s just not the same going on the internet and ordering stuff, it’s been another thing that I have missed so coming in and having a look around the records and stuff and seeing what I can find, why not.”