More than 300,000 hit the shops for sales in Birmingham

Dec 29 2009 by Sophie Cross, Birmingham Mail

BARGAIN-HUNTING shoppers continued to hit the sales at centres across the region.

More than 130,000 shoppers hit the Bullring on Sunday in the hope of finding a sales bargain and bosses said they anticipated a further 200,000 shoppers yesterday.

Merry Hill Shopping Centre also reported a huge intake in numbers, which it put down to its new food court.

And staff at Touchwood Shopping Centre in Solihull also reported business was booming.