Bargain hunters have flocked to their nearest high streets today, with some queuing outside stores from 6am eagerly anticipating the Boxing Day sales.
Some stores even provided food and entertainment for those waiting in the cold, while Harrods offered mugs of hot chocolate, smoked salmon canapes and blankets to keep people warm in the queue, plus a performance by a string quartet and street magician Dynamo.
Hundreds of shoppers surrounded Selfridges, where queues snaked around the huge shopping emporium on London’s Oxford Street.
There were separate queues for different brands and a significant number of security staff were present to manage the crowd before doors opened at 9am.