let's get more on this from entrepreneur and former dragons' den investor theo paphitis. on bbc news. festival, that question, what has been the impact on the retail sector of lockdown —— first of all. the physical impact has been devastating, shopkeepers at the shot all our shops and all our staff had to go home and they have not been in the stores since. actually getting it all switched back on again now is an incredible task that a task we have to do. there is no question in our mind that i turnover will be substantially down when we reopen but we have to show people we are open so they can safely come back out and shop again. and what about online retailers? online has been growing through this virus and impact our own online business has grown tremendously in time. the biggest change to our retailing nation, because we are a nation of shopkeepers, is the fact that our customers have been in lockdown for such a long time that their habits will have changed, some of them for ever. and they mightjust decide that online shopping, is it for them? that is so interesting to

let's get more on this from entrepreneur and former dragons' den investor theo paphitis.th us. first of all, is this a day you welcome, then on essential shops reopening, shoppers able at last to get back into the shops? we need to reopen britain. we have been close now for such a long time retail has been devastated, but walking out on the streets today and seeing the number of people out there, my god, i was so of people out there, my god, i was so pleased. were you surprised how many people were out there? some people have said in opinion polls they are nervous to go back out to they are nervous to go back out to the shops. we have all been waiting for the day with trepidation, we really didn't know, nobody knew, but they are out there, voting with their feet, they are out there, voting with theirfeet, their they are out there, voting with their feet, their purses and wallets. the important thing is as long as everyone is alert and aware of the situation at the moment, and we are seeing this... this to me to rule is neither here nor there because the who are happy with