How shopping is different at this Chesterfield boutique post-lockdown

Dorothy Robinson, owner of Dotique on Chatsworth Road, reopened on June 15- with special measures in place to protect customers and staff.

She said: “She said: “We are so excited to be open again. It’s a relief to reopen our doors after so many weeks and welcome customers into the store.

“Some were nervous coming in for the first time but seeing the safety measures we have in place has given them confidence to return.”

New measures include only four customers being allowed in the shop at any one time.

Once inside, staff ask them to sanitise their hands from one of our sanitiser points.

“We have two-metre marking throughout the shop, free masks and gloves and Perspex screens on the till point,” added Dorothy.

“Customers are allowed to use the changing rooms to try on clothes, but afterwards we fully clean the changing room and the clothes are steamed and put in isolation for three days – luckily we have a lot of clothes.”

Although Boris Johnson today (Tuesday, June 23) that the two-metre social distancing rule was being laxed to ‘one metre plus’, Dorothy says she’s still keen to take every precaution.

“It’s early days and despite talk of reducing the two metre rule to one metre, we’ll keep two metres in place as we want to ensure everyone is safe when shopping with us,” she added.

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