“Put on the mask. Now!” This is how the reopening of the shop …

Friends Yari and Jan were already waiting at the Snipes store in Antwerp at 8.30 am. An hour and a half before the opening. To be able to buy those exclusive Jordan baskets anyway. Twenty meters away, the line at Primark thickens to twenty men. Actually, that was it. The reopening of the shops did not immediately take the Antwerp Meir by surprise. Although we were startled: “You there. Put on mask. Now.”

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The weather was harsh and angry. Rain and wind and also cold. Was that why the dreaded rush on the shops did not happen in Antwerp on Tuesday morning? That fear that things would get out of hand was …

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