SHOPPERS have this week been making the most of Metrocentre as the four-week lockdown begins - with the closure of 'non-essential' shops from Thursday.
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The Northern Echo got an exclusive peek inside the shopping centre, in Gateshead, as scores were seen queuing for their favourite brands earlier this week.
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Chris Geaves, chief executive of Sovereign Centros, which recently took over the running of the Metrocentre, from Intu, said: “In terms of the worry people cannot buy toys before Christmas, the human instinct is that people think ‘well we better go and buy it now’.
“We could well see a very busy couple of days this week while people do that
“I would not be surprised to see the numbers well up.
“It is a bit annoying actually because we have just opened the Hamley’s toy store at the centre and that is nice new addition.
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"It will be interesting to see what happens over the next few days, to see if people are just covering their bases in case the lockdown extends beyond December 2.”
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