‘Glad to be here’: whether for Le Creuset or Sephora, Britons seem to love a queue

People lining up for recent retail offerings in Birmingham and Hampshire are part of a long tradition, say expertsIn the early hours of Wednesday inside the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham there were scenes reminiscent of a political sit-in, or perhaps an emergency shelter. Clips shared on social media showed hundreds of people sitting or lying quietly on the floor, tightly packed together. “Regretting life decisions at the moment,” wrote one TikTok poster. “Currently 5.