Covid-19 finally kill off Primark mania?’ we asked in this newspaper around two months ago. It seemed possible; the coronavirus pandemic had forced the closure of 188 stores around the UK, leaving Primark lumbered with an estimated £284m of spring stock it couldn’t shift.
Unlike almost all of its competitors, this high street chain doesn’t have an e-commerce website, which might have given it a chance to recoup some sales during lockdown.The enormous queues in front of many of its 153 stores around England on Monday tell a different story, though.
15th June marks reopening day for the once-great British high street and the first place on the must-visit list for most shoppers seems to be Primark.