Primark in Liverpool forced to open early due to huge queues of shoppers outside as store reopens

Almost 100 shoppers waited outside the Church Street branch for theretailer to open its doors for the first time since March 23.

Primark was due to open at 8am, however given the amount of peoplewaiting, staff opened doors around 7.15am - although it is not clearif customers were allowed to buy any items or just browse collections.

Like many retailers across Liverpool this morning, Primark isoperating a number of strict safety measures including two-metre floormarkings, closing every other till and certain sections of the storeand limiting the amount of customers inside.

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