Black Friday queuing times revealed
How long are you expecting to queue today?
How long are you expecting to queue today (Black Friday)?
Research from Onbuy.com has revealed at some cities in the UK have queues nearly an hour long on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
Just a month before Christmas shoppers are eager to grab a bargain, but if they go to the shops they could be in for a wait. The research conducted in 19 cities around the UK found that there was a broad range of queuing times, from just 16 minutes in Glasgow to a massive 58 minutes in Southampton.
The research surveyed 120 households in each of the cities and asked them how long they queue on Black Friday over the last two years, so while these figures can't predict this year's queues they are likely to be similar.
Here in Scotland we had some of the 'best' queuing times with Glasgow topping the list with just 16 minutes and Edinburgh coming in fifth best with an average queuing time of 24 minutes.
Worst queuing times
1 Glasgow 16 minutes 49 seconds 2 Birmingham 18 minutes 18 seconds 3 Bristol 19 minutes 26 seconds 4 London 23 minutes 52 seconds 5 Edinburgh 24 minutes 12 seconds 6 Belfast 27 minutes 8 seconds 7 Manchester 30 minutes 12 seconds 8 Cardiff 32 minutes 41 seconds 9 Newcastle 34 minutes 39 seconds 10 Leeds 37 minutes 3 seconds 11 Plymouth 38 minutes 51 seconds 12 Leicester 40 minutes 13 Oxford 42 minutes 48 seconds 14 Norwich 43 minutes 28 seconds 15 Swansea 47 minutes 10 seconds 16 Sheffield 48 minutes 1 seconds 17 Cambridge 53 minutes 25 seconds 18 Nottingham 55 minutes 31 seconds 19 Southampton 58 minutes 34 seconds Sources: www.onbuy.com www.journalistic.org