After the federal-state summit, retailers can look forward to easing the situation.
There are far-reaching innovations depending on the incidence.
These also affect customers
Berlin - After several hours of deliberations, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder and Berlin's governing mayor Michael Müller appeared in front of the cameras on Wednesday night.
The resolutions of the federal-state summit were eagerly awaited, especially the retail sector hoped for easing, as the shops have been closed since mid-December.
The result of the Corona summit: easing will come step by step when the incidences fall and remain stable.
The step-by-step plan has an impact particularly on retail.
Retail: Appointment shopping, Click & Meet and Co. - What do customers have to consider?
Hairdressers have been reopened nationwide since March 1st, schools at least partially.
In addition to these uniform rules, the federal states differ in further openings.
In Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, for example, the construction and garden centers opened their doors to customers on March 1st.
In the rest of Germany, the government's step-by-step plan provides for an opening on March 8th.
The Click & Collect principle has been allowed in most federal states since January.
Customers order the items they want online and then pick them up in the store.
The federal government's step-by-step plan shows steps that go beyond this service.
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Museums, zoos, garden centers and hardware stores - what can open again and when
Also on March 8, retail sales are slated to open in regions with a seven-day incidence of under 50, and in areas with an incidence between 50 and 100, customers will be allowed to shop by appointment.
It remains to be seen whether large retail chains will participate in the so-called Click & Meet procedure.
Experts fear that shopping by appointment is not worthwhile for large department stores.
Baden-Württemberg's Economics Minister Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut (CDU) announced that she would offer the Click & Meet procedure for her state.
The
AFP
quotes
the minister
as saying that the concept “initially gives real prospects for smaller businesses”
.
In principle, the retail trade must present a concept for the opening, wearing a mask and complying with the hygiene rules is mandatory.
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The graphic shows the planned easing
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Galleries, museums, zoos, botanical gardens, building and garden centers and memorials are allowed to open from next Monday if the incidence is below 50.
Corona opening of retail trade in Germany: incidence of 35 no longer decisive
100, 50 or 35?
In the past few weeks there have been numerous incidence values that should determine future easing steps.
As Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier reported to RTL / ntv today, 35 fell as a magic mark for further openings: "The incidence of 35, which was very strict, which annoyed and upset many, is no longer a prerequisite for opening" Altmaier.
"We don't look at rigid nationwide incidences, we look at the regional situation, in the district, in the urban district."
Retail: Resolutions of the Corona Summit a "disaster"
While customers can look forward to the gradual opening of the shops, there is massive criticism from retailers for the summit resolutions.
The new regulation will cement the closure of most non-grocery stores by the end of the month, HDE managing director Stefan Genth told
Merkur.de
.
This is a "catastrophe" for retailers.
“By the end of March, the closed trading companies will lose another ten billion euros.
The sole orientation to incidence values is not expedient, ”complains Genth.
Political financial aid did not achieve the desired success either.
The bridging aids are "too slow and also not sufficient to survive such a long lockdown".
According to the HDE managing director, the consequences for retail are dramatic.
The shop dying has been going on for a long time, explains Genth.
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jjf
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