Primark, NOTTINGHAM

Primark is excellent for finding a bargain! The quality of the clothes isn't outstanding, however, it's really cheap and great for vests, pyjamas and beach wear etc. This store does tend to look like abit of a jumble sale though. You really have to dig through the piles of clothes to find what you are looking for!

This is a large store and has two floors, bottom floor is womens and mens, childrens and hom eis upstairs. The shop can get very untidy especially at weekends, but that can be overlooked as the clothes are so cheap!

This is an excellent shop for all the basics every woman needs in her wardrobe. I am currently stocking up on the things i need for my holiday and have many pairs of flip flops to suit every outfit. Brilliant for all those accessories we all funk our outfits up with too and every colour, and size, bag you could possibly need. Cheap and cheerful.

I'm not a huge fan of primark mainly because I hate how cluttered and busy it is, this particular primark is no exception and I find the layout to be rather confusing. The tills are always overflowing with people and the changing room queue is ridiculously long. The clothes might be cheap but they're not worth the stress.

This store is always incredibly busy and sometimes its worth staying well away on a Saturday. However when it does occasionally calm down in the week there is a large selection of cheap clothes. The quality is often not great and the store is usually untidy due to the nature of the displays but it still always draws me in!

This shop is great for up to date fashion clothing, knows its target market, and therefore, delivers cheap, great looking clothing.

Womens section is downstairs whilst the mens are upstairs. first thing i noticed when going for my first time was the number of people within the store. It is like a ungle of arms and legs with a mixture of clothes mixed in too. It really is a nightmare if u want to shop casually, as it is very difficult to distinguish thepeople from the clothes. Next, was the prices of items i saw. Hoodies were cheapest at 7 pounds i saw once, and it looked pretty nice too. However, afer a second look, the material was polyester, and thin. The styling was ok, but definelty not top branded copies, they are mostly casual wear, and not flashy/showy. But the cheap prices can almost make your wardrobe disposable. a bit exaggerated, but if you have hard time choosing clothing because you think if i get this "i'll have to save another 2 weeks before i can get the matching shoes", then this wont be a problem.

Primark has a very large female section which is often crammed full of students, the male section however is not so impressive as most of it is taken up by the female shoe section. This places is really good for a few one of items that are wearable outside of your garden, however be carefull if you wear if out in public, as chances are the rest of nottingham will be wearing the same thing.

A new addition to Nottingham centre, the inclusion of Primark is a masterstroke. Primark has managed an impressive trick; making very cheap clothing trendy. Where Matalan and similar discount clothing stores are considered uncool, having a primark top on is a type of reverse snobbery - 'you may be wearing Jack Wills, mate, but I've got the same shirt on for a third of the price' . Whether that's true, or not, I don't know. What is true is that, unlike other cheaper high-street stores, the clothes are very well made and, above all, modern and trendy. Primark works hard to stay ahead of the game, and are switched on to the fashions of the moment. While perhaps leaning more to women's clothing (understandable - my fiancee would live in the pyjama section if I let her) it is still a useful shop for men. Their T-shirts, in particular, are excellent value at 3/4 and specialise in retro prints and clever slogans.

The branch itself is well laid out, easily accesible and with courteous, if not overly friendly, staff. One concern is the lack of changing rooms though - last saturday we had to wait in a queue of 30-odd shoppers. Altogether though, it is one of those few stores that has come at exactly the right time. And as it looks to be expanding again, I think I may need to extend my overdraft...