Many non-essential shopping chains are preparing to let customers back into stores in some parts of the UK as the coronavirus lockdown eases.
In England, outdoor non-food markets and car showrooms were allowed to reopen from Monday 1 June. From Monday 15 June, a much broader range of retailers will reopen their doors, including clothes shops, toy stores, electronics retailers, booksellers, indoor markets, shoe shops, tailors, auction houses and photography studios.
Retailers reopening are adapting their stores to abide by government Covid-19 social distancing and health and safety guidelines. The precise detail of these measures may vary between different retail chains and the types of store.
You can read the latest government coronavirus guidance for shops (published 29 May) here, and for food takeaway and delivery outlets (published 29 May) here.
Here is a list of shop and restaurant chains that have confirmed plans to reopen – check retailers’ websites to see which stores are reopening near you:
Clothing and fashion stores reopening from 15 June
Primark all 153 stores in England
Marks & Spencer reopening the majority of its clothing stores – more details here
Next 50 stores already trading, another 14 to reopen between Thursday 11 and Sunday 14 June – check if your local store is one of them here
Debenhams three Northern Ireland stores already trading, another two to reopen on 11 June. Most stores in England to reopen between 15 and 17 June, apart from 19 that are closing permanently. Reopening of stores in Wales/Scotland: TBC. Check if your local store is reopening here
Frasers Group: Sports Direct, Jack Wills, Flannels Reopening stores from June
JD Sports Planning to reopen stores in England and Northern Ireland from 15 June – more details here
Harrods department store (Knightsbridge, London) – more details here
House of Fraser number of stores reopening as yet unknown. Opening by the end of the week starting 15 June
Ted Baker all stores from mid-June
Mulberry Phased reopening of some stores from 15 June
Selfridges Reopening its four stores in London, Birmingham and Manchester on 15 June – more details here
General/other retail reopening from 15 June
John Lewis Two stores reopening on 15 June in Poole and Kingston upon Thames and a further 11 on 18 June – check if your local store is one of them here
The Entertainer (all 173 stores)
Card Factory (about 100 of its stores)
Takeaway/food to go already reopened
Wagamama Phased reopening of restaurants for click + collect and delivery – check which sites are open near you here
McDonald’s More than 1,000 branches open for drive-through or delivery – check which restaurants are open near you here
Burger King (112 are open for delivery or drive through. This is expected to rise to 350 by the end of June) – check which restaurants are open near you here
Greggs After opening a handful of stores in the north-east, a further 800 will reopen from mid-June, aim to have all outlets open again by 1 July – more details here
KFC 700 open across UK and Ireland for delivery, drive through and takeaway – check which restaurants are open near you here
Subway 600 open UK and Ireland – check which outlets are open near you here
Nando’s More than 200 open for delivery and takeaway – check which restaurants are open near you here
Starbucks Phased reopening began in mid May for drive-thru, takeaway or delivery – check which outlets are open near you here
Pret a Manger More than 300 open for takeaway and delivery – check which outlets are open near you here
Costa Coffee 316 open for takeaway and drive-through – check which outlets are open near you here
Five Guys 85 of 104 restaurants in England, Wales and Scotland open – check which restaurants are open near you here
Pizza Express 13 in London for home delivery only – check which restaurants are open near you here
Furniture and homewares already reopened
Ikea 19 stores open in England and Northern Ireland – check which stores are open near you here
Sofa retailer ScS (81 out of 100 UK stores open, including all in England) – more details here
DFS 91 stores open in England and Northern Ireland – more details here
Furniture Village (all 52 stores open)
DIY/gardening already reopened
B&Q (all 288 stores)
Homebase (all 164 stores)
Wickes (all 22o stores)
Dobbies (all 54 stores)
Other chains already open
Matalan (all 175 stores in England and Northern Ireland open)
Poundland (776 – 700 of which remained open throughout lockdown)
Halfords 53 open– check which stores are open near you here
• This article was amended on 6 June 2020 to specify which parts of the UK the reopenings applied to.
