Shopped Out

摘要

In the city centre, Poundland is heaving with post-Christmas bargain hunters snapping up everything from underwear to shampoo, some of it for even less than the promised ￡1 ($1.46). Elsewhere in Leeds brightly coloured sale signs fill shop windows as varied as Ann Summers, a racy lingerie chain, and Harvey Nichols, a pricey department store.rnFor most on the high street, it has been a grim few months, and Leeds is no exception. Next door to Poundland, the Officers Club, a men's fashion chain which recently called in administrators, is selling dinner jackets for less than the price of a night out (￡20.80 to be exact) and slashing 60% off much else. Nearby a sports outfitter and greetings-card shop are both holding closing-down sales, with 75% off. A branch of zavvi, a music and video store that has also collapsed, is handling queues 20 people deep at its tills as shoppers rush to snap up discounted ￡2.99 albums and to spend gift vouchers while they can.