UK's second largest online clothing company returns to limited activity • It is not yet known if shipments to Israel will return

The fashion giant Next is back to running its website in limited form after stopping for more than two weeks due to the Corona. It is still unclear whether the UK's second largest clothing company will ship products to Israel now.

Next was the only retailer to discontinue operations in the UK to ensure that the staff working at the company's warehouses could work safely. The company's website says that the company's warehouse managers have successfully opened the site and are taking a limited number of orders now.

In order to open the company's warehouses in safety, the company limits the number of employees who can work at the same time and thus limits the number of orders by customers every day.

Returning to work at the company will include rigid rules for keeping distance. The restart will take place in stages. The site will initially offer a limited range of clothing and will be open for a limited number of hours. The idea is to start selling at a smaller volume, so they will only need a small number of employees in each warehouse at a time, thus helping to ensure distance.

Next on its website, Video released a video explaining the safety measures taken for the company's warehouse staff. Safety measures include: two-meter distance marking to help staff maintain physical distance, one-way displacement method and disinfection stations. The team will also have signage boards that will read "Keep two feet away."

According to UK publications, more than 3,000 workers volunteered to return to work, though only a few are expected to return to work this week.

As mentioned, the British Next Website stopped its operation more than two weeks ago. The British website then states that, "Starting today, at 6pm UK time, we will not accept new orders online until a new announcement.

"We listened to everything our warehouse and distribution colleagues told us, obviously many feel they should stay home during this period. As a result, we made the difficult decision to close our warehouses and distribution systems until a new announcement."

The Next Site is considered one of the most popular sites among Israeli consumers, especially in the field of children's clothing. Shantel Binelli, Next International's director of public relations at the time, told Israel Today: "Israeli consumers are very important to us. Apart from the UK, this is our largest market. We sell to 70 countries, and Israel is the second largest."