FURNITURE retailer DFS is reopening another 88 showrooms this Friday, May 29.
It comes after the homeware chain reopened its first three showrooms since the coronavirus shutdown last week.
The latest reopenings means DFS will have 91 showrooms open for business by this weekend.
Customers will be able to browse and shop in stores, but there will be social distancing measures in place.
In addition, shoppers will find hand sanitiser stations around stores and there will be a limit on the number of people allowed inside at one time.
DFS has also introduced an appointment system for customers who want to seek advice and purchase furniture.
Which DFS stores are open?
DFS has started reopening stores across the UK.
Already reopened:
- Bolton
- Leicester
- Milton Keynes
Reopening on May 29:
- Aintree
- Ashford
- Banbury
- Barnstaple
- Basildon
- Basingstoke
- Beckton
- Birmingham
- Birstall
- Bradford
- Brent Cross
- Brentford
- Brigg
- Bristol
- Bury St. Edmunds
- Cambridge
- Cannock
- Carcroft
- Carlisle
- Chelmsford
- Cheltenham
- Christchurch
- Colchester
- Colne
- Coventry
- Croydon
- Darley Dale
- Derby
- Droitwich
- Dudley
- Eastbourne
- Enfield
- Exeter
- Farnborough
- Gateshead
- Grantham
- Hanley
- Hereford
- High Wycombe
- Hove
- Huddersfield
- Hull
- Ipswich
- Kettering
- Kings Lynn
- Lincoln
- Longwell Green
- Luton
- Maidstone
- Manchester
- Measham
- New Malden
- Northampton
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Oldham
- Oxford
- Peterborough
- Plymouth
- Poole
- Preston
- Reading
- Romford
- Rotherham
- Rugby
- Salisbury
- Sheffield
- Shrewsbury
- Sidcup
- Slough
- South Ruislip
- Southampton
- Speke
- Stevenage
- Stockport
- Stockton
- Sunderland
- Swindon
- Taunton
- Torquay
- Truro
- Tunbridge Wells
- Warrington
- Waterlooville
- Watford
- Wednesbury
- Westwood Cross
- York
Shoppers will be allowed to visit stores for a comfort test of a product, but they'll be encouraged to complete their order online or over the phone.
To book an appointment, use the store location tool to find your nearest branch, and then click "book an appointment".
DFS closed all its stores on March 23 and temporarily stopped all deliveries.
The retailer has now restarted limited deliveries across England – however, it won't be delivering to any home where the customer is shielding.
In these instances, DFS says it will offer a revised doorstep delivery option, or will store the order until the delivery can be fulfilled safely.
DFS has around 120 shops in the UK.
The furniture retailer hasn’t said when its remaining shops will open.
The update from DFS follows the government easing restrictions on homeware retailers and garden centres.
Other retailers, including Furniture Village, Dunelm and Ikea have also started reopening branches.
Nick Smith, managing director of DFS, said: “We have assessed and adapted our processes across our manufacturing, retail and delivery operations to ensure we can prioritise colleague and customer safety.
“We have been careful to test these new operating processes by reopening just a handful of stores to begin with before expanding more widely across our estate.
“While the relatively larger size of DFS’ stores means we can effectively maintain strict social distancing, by implementing additional safety measures in line with government and British Retail Consortium guidance.”
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