Safe shopping is the new normal, says Leeds House of Fraser manager

SAFE shopping measures to halt the spread of Covid-19 have quickly been embraced as a new normal, according to one Leeds store boss.
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Alison Baldwin, the Store Manager at House of Fraser, says staff have quickly adapted to provide a safe environment for customers.

She says the aim is to provide a relaxed shopping experience that is not too different from how it was.

Alison was speaking in the latest #BacktoLeeds interview series from LeedsBID as part of its Welcome Back To Leeds marketing campaign and safety messages to help reboot the city centre economy.

Listen to her full comments in the video at the top of this article.

WATCH: LeedsBID CEO Andrew Cooper gave safe shopping tips, advice and how get the most out of the Welcome Back To Leeds campaign in a YEP Facebook Live chat with Graham Walker, now available to watch on demand – CLICK HERE.

Alison, at House of Fraser in Briggate, a principal pedestrianised shopping street in Leeds city centre, said: "It's lovely to see the city getting back to a little bit of normality.

"Obviously, the footfall is different on Briggate to what it was previously.

"As confidence grows with people, I think that we will start to feel a little bit more relaxed.

"For us it’s business as usual now. It's a new normal for us, because we have to be mindful of all the measures that we've put in place.

"But very quickly the team in store have really embraced that and I think that now is becoming just normal.

"We want to try and make sure that we have got a really nice environment for customers to shop in so it doesn't feel differently to how it did previously."

Alison Baldwin, the Store Manager at House of FraserAlison Baldwin, the Store Manager at House of Fraser
Alison Baldwin, the Store Manager at House of Fraser

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