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Nov 2020
Lockdown 'at worst possible time for retail' says Harrogate bookshop
Lockdown will come at the "worst possible time for retail", according to the owner of an independent bookshop in Harrogate.
Georgia Eckert, of Imagined Things Bookshop in Westminster Arcade, said she usually took a third of her annual takings in the eight-week run-up to Christmas.
Ms Eckert said she understood the government's need to act but questioned how little time businesses had to prepare for the change.
Ms Eckert is due to give birth in March and had recently extended her staff team from one to three. She said:
Ms Eckert said her business would "do everything it can" to survive, by providing click and collect, home deliveries and developing its website.
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Being a former NHS employee, Ms Eckert said she understood action had to be taken to prevent hospitals being overwhelmed. She added:
"Let's hope business will bounce back strongly but we have to get through this first."
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