Hundreds of Primark shoppers have formed huge queues to get back into their favourite high street store as shops reopened in Scotland today.
Non-essential shops have been allowed to welcome customers for the first time in almost five months on Monday as lockdown restrictions ease.
Scores of eager Primark fans queued for hours to get into the branches in Edinburgh and Glasgow, with some opening three hours early to avoid queues and spread the demand.
Customers turned out and started queueing early on Monday morning outside Glasgow's Argyle Street store to secure their shopping fix.
Glasgow Braehead's Primark store, which normally opens at 10am, opened at 7am for excited shoppers, while several others reopened at 8am.
The scenes are reminiscent of the opening of Primark in the run-up to Christmas, which saw hundreds queue for a 36 hours straight marathon shopping session before Scotland was plunged into lockdown.
A pair of airport worker pals reunited at the front of a Primark queue as Scotland's non-essential shops opened their doors for the first time since Christmas.
Early birds, Danielle Sartrain and Sarah Douglas, caught up as they patiently waited for the clothes store to open at Braehead Shopping Centre in Renfrew, Refrewshire on Monday.
Setting 4am alarms, Danielle and Sarah, aged 31 and 25 respectively, headed to the superstore for 7am and said it felt like' being like a child at Christmas'.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told Scots to “take it easy” as the country takes its first real steps out of lockdown since Boxing Day.
Today, pub beer gardens will re-open for the first time allowing up to six people from six different homes to meet up outdoors and consume alcohol.
Restaurants, bars and cafes will also be able to open indoors until 8pm but will not be permitted to sell alcohol.
Shops, gyms, beauty parlours, swimming pools, libraries, galleries and museums will also be back in business as the entire country moves to Level Three.
People can travel anywhere in Scotland, including the islands. Borders have also come down between Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
