From Monday, new corona rules will apply in Bavaria.
Many retailers are upset and unsettled.
"Total chaos" threatens.
Update from April 10th, 12 noon:
From next week, new test regulations will apply in Bavarian retail.
In future, customers will have to show a negative corona test before every purchase.
For many retailers, this is like real bad news.
They fear that this will deter people from shopping even more.
“Unfortunately, it makes shopping even more difficult,” said trade association managing director Bernd Ohlmann on Saturday in Munich.
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The expense of the new regulations is so great that in the future even more customers will probably prefer to order online rather than go to the store.
From Monday, stores in cities and counties with an incidence between 100 and 200 will only be allowed to open to customers with an appointment and a negative test result.
Exceptions to this are the grocery stores, drugstores, opticians and other "shops that are indispensable for daily supplies".
The Ministry of Economic Affairs announced on Friday evening what options there are for the rapid tests.
Either retailers can offer quick tests in front of their shops or in suitable rooms - or customers can be tested at a test center and bring proof of this with them.
New Corona test when shopping: Several options for customers
Another possibility: self-tests in front of or in the shop "under the supervision of the operator".
It would be up to the retailers to decide whether they will be made available or whether customers will bring them with them.
In addition, work is being done to combine corona self-tests with digital evidence so that other shops can then also be entered.
Until then, customers have to do a new self-test each time before they enter another store - even if it is the same day.
"That is an enormous bureaucratic effort," said Ohlmann.
Many retailers are angry and insecure as a result.
He assumes that many of them will not offer "Click & Meet" - that is, shopping by appointment - because it is not worthwhile for them.
Original message from April 9th:
Munich - From Monday, new rules will apply in Bavaria in the fight against the coronavirus. * You can find an overview of the new measures here. * But: The new test * regulations for customers in retail are big Confusion.
"We still don't know what will apply from Monday," said Handelsverband managing director Bernd Ohlmann on Friday in Munich: "It will be total chaos from Monday."
Corona rules in Bavaria - If the incidence is over 100: appointment shopping with corona test
On Wednesday, the state government headed by Markus Söder decided that retailers in counties and cities with a seven-day incidence between 100 and 200 are only allowed to open to customers with an appointment - the condition here is also a current negative test.
A "PCR test that is no longer than 48 hours old or a rapid test that is no longer than 24 hours old" is required.
Whether a self-test from the discounter is sufficient has not yet been clarified, as Ohlmann said.
Dealers asked whether they need to run the tests, whether they need to control that customers test themselves on site.
Whether they have to document tests by presenting their identity card.
“Question marks without end.
The telephones glow here, ”said Ohlmann.
“We can only put people off.
The dealers are totally in the air. ”The test regulation currently applies to most cities and districts in the Free State.
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Corona rules for retail in Bavaria: Less sales - online retail beneficiaries
From Monday, according to the latest decisions by the state government, hardware stores, gardeners, flower shops, shoe shops and bookstores will also have to adhere to the new rules.
So far, they have been allowed to open regardless of incidence values - just like grocery stores, drug stores, opticians and other “shops that are indispensable for daily supplies”.
According to Ohlmann, nine out of ten retailers offer shopping by making an appointment in advance.
But they made 30 to 50 percent less sales than usual, with additional effort.
If the test now comes to the mask and making an appointment, the desire to shop will continue to dwindle.
Online retail is the beneficiary.
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