Retailers: 'We cannot afford to shut our doors again under any circumstances'
Customers queue to enter Pennys on Dublin's Henry Street during their first day of re-opening after months of being closed due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Picture: Gareth Chaney
Retailers cannot afford another lockdown and it is now critically important that once they reopen, they stay open, industry group Retail Excellence has said.
From today, retailers are allowed to open for click and collect and for by-appointment in-store shopping. It follows a strict four-month closure following the surge in cases and deaths in January and a 2020 that saw significant disruption and business closures as the country struggled to respond to the pandemic.
