Toys, books and clothes: Stores reopen doors across England

LONDON (AP) — After three months of being closed under coronavirus restrictions, shops selling fashion, toys and other non-essential goods are being allowed to reopen across England for the first time since the country went into lockdown in March. London’s famous Oxford Street shopping district is ready to spring back to life but things will not quite look or feel “normal.” Shoppers will have to line up to enter stores, use hand sanitizers and follow a one-way traffic system. Plastic screens will protect workers at payment counters and some shops will only take cards. Analysts say the pandemic has accelerated a shift to online shopping, and the big question is whether consumers will return to bricks-and-mortar shops.