Princesshay’s Student Lock In a huge success

Over 5,000 students descended on Princesshay, Exeter between 6.30pm – 9pm on Wednesday 1st October for its annual Student Lock In event.  Over 35 retailers and restaurants opened their doors after hours to offer discounts of up to 25% to students for ‘one night only’.

The event has been hailed the busiest and most successful Student Lock In to date for the city.

Wayne Pearce, Princesshay Centre Director said: “It was great to see so many students at this year’s event. We’ve received some really positive feedback from our retailers and restaurants and we’re looking forward to doing it all over again next year!”

The high energy atmosphere was created by a number of DJs, singers and beat boxers, which kept student shoppers and retailers entertained throughout the evening. The main mall was alive with pamper stations, goodie bags and representatives from Exeter Universities student publications, Stage Coach, Radio Exe and Clifton Sports Centre.

Nicola Field, store manager of Superdry said: “This year’s Student Lock In event in Princesshay was massively successful for us. We had queues of students at the beginning of the night which was fantastic to see and we saw over 300 transactions in 2 hours.”

Princesshay hold a variety of events throughout the year that offer all shoppers the chance to receive exclusive offers and discounts. Princesshay’s Winter Sales Promotion will launch on the 6th November 2014. Visit www.princesshay.com for all the latest events, news and offers.