‘Fashion is back’ as shoppers storm Penneys stores in the UK for post-lockdown outfits

“Many individual stores broke their own sales records. We were all excited in the lead-up to Christmas last year, but we’re beating the Christmas weeks”

Penneys saw strong sales of fashion items as customers bought clothes for going out (Aaron Chown / PA)

Penneys in the UK enjoyed an all-time record week of trading as staff welcomed customers back into stores in England and Wales for the first time this year.

But bosses say the reopening on April 12 has been different to those last summer and in the run-up to Christmas with shopping habits changing, and they claimed: “Fashion is back.”