Gridlock and queues for Leekes private saleNearly 1,000 people queued up this morning to get into a private sale at Leekes.
The flagship furniture store off the A444 in Coventry is holding a huge closing down sale.
They have invited ‘private customers’ to the sale today and tomorrow, with the sale going public on Friday.
The sale includes furniture, lighting, ex-display kitchens and bathrooms, Christmas lines, gifts and much more from leading brands at drastically reduced prices - but not everyone was happy with the discounts.
This morning it was travel chaos on the roads as 800 people flocked to the sale before the store even opened.
Motorists were stuck in traffic of up to three miles on the M6 with congestion from junction one at Rugby up to junction three for the A444, and further queues on the A444.
A spokesman for Leekes said: “Customers gathered outside Leekes Coventry in their droves as the family owned home department store opened its doors for its £4million store closing sale.
“The car park was full before opening with over 800 customers queuing to be amongst the first to bag a bargain when the store opened at 10am.
“A special private sale is being held on Wednesday the 6th and Thursday the 7th of December from 10am to 9pm with the store then opening to the general public on Friday the 8th of December from 10am to 8pm.
“The store will be closed from 6pm on Wednesday the 20th of December for the Christmas period.
“The store then re-opens for the final clearance of its remaining stock from Wednesday the 27th of December until the last day of trading on the 14th of January 2018.”
mma Leeke, managing director at Leekes said, “After five years of trading in Coventry we made the difficult business decision to close the Coventry store.
“A sale has been agreed which will bring new job opportunities to the area once the new occupier has taken over the site.
“We have been overwhelmed by the response from our customers about our decision and would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their custom over the years – and hope they can join us at some point during our closing down sale.”