SHOPPERS will be banned from trying on clothes, make-up and testing products when non-essential shops reopen in England on June 15. Tough new social distancing measures also include hand sani…
SHOPPERS will be banned from trying on clothes, make-up and testing products when non-essential shops reopen in England on June 15.
This includes shops selling clothes, shoes, toys, furniture, books, and electronics, plus tailors, auction houses, photography studios, betting shops and indoor markets.Other businesses allowed to reopen include charity shops and gift shops at museums or heritage sites. During this phase, pubs and restaurants will be able to open outdoor spaces with social distancing measures in place.
Businesses will only be able to open from these dates once they have completed a risk assessment in consultation with trade union representatives or workers, and they must ensure they meet the government's Covid-19 health and safety measures.Mr Gove explained: “As these stores reopen, it is a new normal, and this will allow us to ensure a wider range of goods and also enable the economy to return to a new normal.”1.
Shops will also need to make make sure air conditioning systems don't automatically reduce ventilation levels due to lower than normal levels of people in stores.Shops will need to encourage increased handwashing and introduce more handwashing facilities for workers and customers, or hand sanitiser stations where this isn't possible.
"Shopping will be less personal, less ‘touch and feel’ and less social and retailers will need to find ways of addressing these issues with good customer communications to manage their expectations." "This will mean implementing social distancing measures necessary to protect customers and staff. These might include placing screens at counters, cleaning self-scan machines and using floor markings to manage the flow of traffic in stores.”When you go into clothes shops, you'll notice that fittings rooms will be closed.
Boots, for example, has today said it will temporarily remove make-up testers from stores and scrap face to face consultations instead using personalised online video consultations instead.Michael Gove told BBC Breakfast that shoppers won't be allowed to try on clothes or test products in stores Items that have been returned, donated or bought in for repair should be stored for 72 hours before being put back out on the shop floor.Martyn James, consumer rights expert at complaints tool Resolver, told The Sun: "Now shops are reopening I'd encourage shoppers to check online and see what their latest refunds guidance is.
But Gary Rycroft, a solicitor and partner at Joseph A Jones & Co told us the government should consider extending current returns rules given shoppers won't be able to try before they buy.
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