Photo: Luděk Peřina, ČTK
Shops around the Czech Republic opened on Monday after being closed for more than four months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While the turnout was higher than usual, queues formed only occasionally outside larger stores.
Some of the larger discount chains, such as KiK, extended their opening hours to help prevent crowding.
According to the Czech Confederation of Commerce and Tourism, the turnout in shops on the first day of their reopening was about 25 percent higher than on regular Mondays.
However, the real test of customers’ loyalty will be the upcoming weekend, when many retailers plan to introduce discounts, head of the Czech Confederation Commerce and Tourism Tomáš Prouza told the Czech News Agency.