According to the chairman of the Czech Committee of the Association of Shopping Centers, Jan Kubíček, the shopping centers managed to supervise compliance with all the rules. “The interest of people to be able to shop again was evidenced by the convoys of cars that formed in the vicinity of some shopping centers, such as in Prague,” he said.
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For example, according to its executive director Pavel Hradec, attendance at Galerie Harfa was close to last year’s, when the O2 arena was also open. “Despite this, the capacity of the car park was only used to 50 percent, so many visitors came by tram,” he added. According to him, the queues were formed only in front of the discount store Pepco. according to a government regulation only with you.
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Today, an average of about 40 customers came to the fashion stores of the Czech brands Kara and Pietro Filipi. According to Ladislav Pštros, the retail director of C2H, to which both brands belong, the attendance was lower than expected. It was not necessary to coordinate and regulate the maximum number of people in the stores. “In Pietro Filipi, the attendance was comparable between Prague and the regions. In the case of Kara brand stores, there were more customers in the regions than in Prague, “he said.
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According to him, customers demanded the most winter goods such as sweaters or coats. There was interest in down jackets in Kara. According to the Ostrich, people also thought about Christmas presents and bought scarves, ties, socks and gloves.
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A large number of customers came today to the Luxor Book Palace on Wenceslas Square in Prague. According to company spokeswoman Ivana Oberhofnerová, a few minutes after the opening, the limit on the number of customers at one time in the store reached its maximum. Luxor therefore deployed a full number of booksellers to help customers with their selection, even at checkouts, so that no queues were formed. According to her, people bought a lot, books and other goods. However, according to her, the results of sales will not appear until next week.
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“We only opened the main entrance, where two security guards stand and hand out numbers. They regulate the number of visitors in the bookstore. At the entrance and at the box office, there are disinfectants and napkins for visitors and employees, “said Vlado Mikuš, deputy head of the Luxor Book Palace.
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The government has banned retail sales since October 22 to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Food, drugstores, pharmacies, haberdashery, florists or opticians could be opened. Today, shopping malls and all shops and services could open. In stores, there is a limit of 15 square meters of operating space per customer. People have to keep two-meter distances in shops, or even in queues in front of them. In shopping centers, dining areas operate in a restricted mode, children’s corners must remain closed.
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