

After having to close your retail store as a result of COVID-19 related restrictions, you’re probably looking forward to reopening your doors. States are lifting restrictions on business operations, so you’ll need to create a detailed plan for how you’ll reopen your store while still protecting the health of your customers and your employees.
This checklist will help you determine what your customers expect when your store reopens, talk to your employees about reopening, and put supply chains in place to keep your store running smoothly after reopening.
Whether or not to reopen your retail store as soon as COVID-19 closures for retailers are lifted is a choice that only you can make. Take federal, state and local health authority guidelines, as well as your store’s finances, into account when making your decision.
SCORE’s retail reopening checklist will help ensure you take all the relevant factors into account to develop a well-thought-out plan, and includes resources to help you.
There’s a lot to think about when reopening your retail store after coronavirus shutdowns. To get advice about creating your store reopening plan, contact a SCORE mentor online or in your community.
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