Wembley. After graduating with an English Lit and Media degree from the University of Sussex, Ciara held jobs at GLAMOUR and Yahoo Style before packing up for a solo travelling trip around South America. And lots of them too.
These are external links and will open in a new windowThousands of shoppers have queued for hours to get into Ikea stores after the furniture giant reopened 19 shops in England and Northern Ireland on Monday.They had been warned that only a limited number of shoppers would be welcomed with only one adult and one child from a household allowed in.But Ikea was forced to shut car parks at some stores to help ease pressure.In Warrington, people arrived at 05:40 to start queuing for the Ikea store to reopen at 09;00.
What on Earth do this many people need?!?!?! All play areas and the restaurants have remained closed. "We'll have co-workers and signage throughout the store to help you stick to social distancing guidelines. Huge well done guys! "But some criticized the long queues as a sign of runaway consumerism.One Twitter user said: "Don't understand how a person sees this Ikea queue and actually joins it, rather than… heading home for a beer. Thousands of eager shoppers braved miles-long queues from the early hours to access IKEA stores as they opened for the first time since March. Tweet.
... People queue at IKEA in Wembley. "While frustrating, these planned measures are in place to ensure everyone's safety," Ikea said.
... "Ikea Belfast reopened today.
"Meanwhile, new footfall data from retail analyst Springboard has shown a sharp rise in the number of shoppers as a result of lockdown restrictions in England being eased.Overall, shopper numbers were up 36% on last week's Bank Holiday Monday and 21% on the week before that. It's the 'it's not me, it's everyone else' attitude that will cause the inevitable second wave. There were long queues in Manchester One said: "People shopping at Ikea moaning about the people in the queue at Ikea today. We’re excited to announce that from 1 st June we will be welcoming you back to our IKEA stores in England and Northern Ireland. "To avoid queues, we'd ask those purely wishing to browse, to visit us in the coming weeks. Yes there was a long wait (1hour 20mins to get in) but everything was set out wonderfully.
There were long queues in Manchester You can continue to browse and purchase products from our range online or through the IKEA app if you'd rather not visit your local store just yet. After graduating with an English Lit and Media degree from the University of Sussex, Ciara held jobs at GLAMOUR and Yahoo Style before packing up for a solo travelling trip around South America.
The police urged: "Please consider if you need to go there today as you may be in for a very long wait.
"However, once inside though the store was much emptier than usual, so it was very easy to stay a safe distance from the other shoppers. Shoppers at an IKEA in Wednesbury reported queueing since 5.45am to get in, while footage from the Wembley branch shows tenfold queues curling round the carpark and a video of a branch in Belfast show the queue stretching for miles down the road. The car park is full, very long queue to get in the building.
"However, once inside though the store was much emptier than usual, so it was very easy to stay a safe distance from the other shoppers. I only wanted to get a desk to finish my exams on. It also pleaded with customers wishing to return items, "to do so at a later date". It's not that hard, surely? What is so important and urgent to make you want to queue for ages to get into Ikea FFS?," another tweeted.Announcing the news last week, in line with the government's new lockdown measures which allows shops to open, IKEA said: "To ensure a safe shopping experience we ask that if you can, please shop alone.