Many stores have slashed prices by up to 70% in an attempt to lure people back onto the high street.
and said he was ‘very optimistic’ that the lifting of restrictions would help the economy bounce back from three months of coronavirus lockdown.
A customer dressed in PPE queues to shop at Primark in Birmingham as non-essential shops in England open their doors to customers for the first time since lockdown To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser thatDepartment store John Lewis will initially reopen two of its stores, in Kingston and Poole, as part of a phased approach, with 11 others to follow on Thursday.
Mr Murphy added: ‘I’m hopeful that, while the overall atmosphere will feel a bit different to them, what they’ll actually find is a kind of pleasant surprise that it’s calm, it’s pleasant, it’s well ordered, but it’s also still got the real advantage of the physical shopping experience and the things that you can’t do online.’
will also be used for a planned trial of a virtual queuing system for John Lewis and Waitrose, using a customer’s phone to alert them to their position as they wait in a car or run other errands., Manchester and Birmingham branches, will have the chance to try before they buy, but any clothes will then be quarantined, while shoes and accessories will be cleaned with sanitising spray or steamed.London’s West End is expecting around 80% fewer visitors when it reopens on Monday.
Many stores are encouraging customers to make purchases by contactless card payments, with limits increased to £45. Arcadia, which owns the likes of Topshop, Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins, has said it will not accept cash.
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