LONDON: Holiday shoppers braving the coronavirus pandemic to buy gifts in person are checking which stores are naughty or nice in terms of public health, a worldwide survey released on Monday showed.
"Customers are eager to shop," said Mike Webster, senior vice president and general manager of Oracle Retail."What consumers are looking for is basic levels of protection and safety and they're looking for that confidence that their needs are being looked after." The pandemic has killed more than 1.1 million people and infected more than 41.9 million worldwide, according to a Reuters tally.Countries have imposed new restrictions as COVID-19 cases have risen again in recent weeks. Wales on Friday banned the sale of all non-essential goods in stores as part of a two-week lockdown, while regions in Italy have announced measures such as shuttering shopping centres.
"A lot of the shops that I go to, they offer hand sanitiser and seem pretty up to date on all the equipment and everything that they have in the shop, so I feel safe going into stores," said 26-year-old Antioch resident Teino Stingley.
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