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Shoppers start to return in-store – but numbers are still well down on pre-pandemic levels

Location
7 May 2021
by Chloe Rigby
The number of people visiting shops started to recover as non-essential retail opened last month – but is still lagging well behind pre-pandemic levels...
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Shoppers appear keen to return in-store but still nervous about crowds. Image: Shutterstock

Non-essential shops could reopen from lockdown 3.0 as early as April 12

COVID-19
22 Feb 2021
by Chloe Rigby
Prime Minister Boris Johnson today said that retailers could open non-essential shops as early as April 12 – subject to Covid infection rates staying under...
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Stepping out of lockdown: how do retail businesses trade now?

Strategy and Innovation
12 Jun 2020
by Chloe Rigby
Non-essential retailers – and their staff – face a very different environment from the one they left behind on March 23 when they closed their shops...
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