Department and high street stores were allowed to reopen for the first time in almost three months, with social distancing measures in place. Shoppers were seen queuing to enter retailers across the country, including tightly-packed crowds outside the Nike Town store on Oxford Street in London, and thousands waiting outside Primark branches in various cities. Here’s how shops looked across the UK on the day of reopening.
![Huge queues form at a Primark store at the Rushden Lakes shopping complex in Northamptonshire as it reopened.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQ2MTU5NjUzLTdjNjYtNDRlMi05ODNjLWQ0OTY0YTA3MDg2ZDpmMjZmNGUzMS1jMTNkLTQyMGUtYTM0OS03NDQ5NWE4NzFjNzY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Primark
Huge queues form at a Primark store at the Rushden Lakes shopping complex in Northamptonshire as it reopened. Photo: David Rogers
![Shoppers in Milton Keynes wait to enter a Primark store at the MK1 Shopping Park.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmFhYWFhNzI3LTAyZjMtNGVmZS1iNjQ0LWFlMDlkNDkwYzBlZTo5YzdlY2YzZC00YTg1LTRjOWMtYTRjNy0yMDQ4M2UwOGJjYzU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Snaking queues
Shoppers in Milton Keynes wait to enter a Primark store at the MK1 Shopping Park. Photo: David Rogers
![Shoppers queued around the block to enter Primark in Brighton as it reopened its doors.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjY1MTQ1MDJmLTdlY2UtNDA4MC04Y2NjLWJkYTc2MTcwYmZmZjoxYTQ4NmE3My1hOTdlLTQwN2EtOWE1Mi0yZDE3OTNjZTc0YzE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Lines around the block
Shoppers queued around the block to enter Primark in Brighton as it reopened its doors. Photo: Mike Hewitt
![Tightly-packed crowds gathered outside the Nike Town store at London’s Oxford Street for its reopening.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk0NmZlM2Q2LTgzMmItNGY4My1hZjg5LTAzNTM2NzJkZjBjYToxNjBkNTNlNS02ODEzLTQ0NWItYTEyOS00MjllMzlmOTJiZDE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Nike Town
Tightly-packed crowds gathered outside the Nike Town store at London’s Oxford Street for its reopening. Photo: Leon Neal
![Shoppers were seen standing close together as they waited for the Nike Town store to open.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjMyYWFmYmJkLWY1NGEtNDgyZS05Mzk3LTk2ZDg0YjhlOWI3YzpkM2FmMDJkNC05YzU5LTRlN2ItYjVlNy0wNjkwNWEzZDhmMzk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Poor social distancing
Shoppers were seen standing close together as they waited for the Nike Town store to open. Photo: Dan Kitwood
![Customers follow the social distancing rules as they await entry into a newly reopened Zara store on Oxford Street in London.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmVmMTA1YzU3LTdlYjQtNDlkNC1iYzMwLTczY2NiN2VjOTNjMDoxZTFiZjhjMS02ZGMxLTQ0ZjYtOWE0Ny0wMmQzMzRlMTBkMDg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Zara
Customers follow the social distancing rules as they await entry into a newly reopened Zara store on Oxford Street in London. Photo: Dan Kitwood