'D-Day' for shopping centre as Primark forced to open early due to huge queues

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Non-essential retail, restaurants and leisure outlets have now opened their doors, with early morning queues forming for some stores at the EK, East Kilbride.Popular retailer, Primark, saw dozens line the mall prior to the store opening for business.Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionA spokesman for the shopping centre told Lanarkshire Live: “We've been following government advice closely throughout the pandemic

airport worker pals reunited at the front of a Primark queue as Scotland's non-essential shops opened their doors for the first time since Christmas. Early birds, Danielle Sartrain and Sarah Douglas, caught up as they patiently waited for the clothes store to open at Braehead Shopping Centre in Renfrew, Refrewshire on Monday.

shoppers have formed huge queues to get back into their favourite high street store as shops reopened in Scotland today. Non-essential shops have been allowed to welcome customers for the first time in almost five months on Monday as lockdown restrictions ease.

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Scottish high street prepares to reopen for non-essential retail on April 26, Boots has announced the launch of three inspirational new beauty halls, with more to come in the summer. Although Boots has remained open as an essential retailer throughout lockdown, it has used this quieter period to invest in stores, giving its beauty halls at Fort Kinnaird and Gyle Shopping Centre in Edinburgh and Silverburn Shopping Centre in Glasgow their very own makeover.

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East Kilbride is getting set to welcome back customers after a period of almost four months.The centre itself has remained open for access to essential retail with a limited number of stores trading.Use an Apple phone or tablet? Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in LanarkshireThere will be free parking for up to three hours on Saturdays, all day on Sundays and after 4pm every day.

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