With retailers now allowed to open up to 50% capacity, we spoke to businesses dealing with the recent changes.

Many shop owners chose to stay closed, or, at best, continue to provide curbside service. The few retailers that were open to in-person shopping were elated to welcome customers back, but many were unsure of where any of this was going, and some complained that the move to reopen was dropped on them at the last minute by city officials.

A customer inside Luna Belmont Shore, Valli O’Donnell, said more businesses had chosen not to open right away. “I was really surprised to see people’s reluctance to open their doors.”

Owner of Lucy’s Boudoir in Bixby Knolls, Crystal Rogers had to turn some clients away since the county and city recently moved to reopen retail stores. Aside from offering curbside pickups, she’s waiting until next Friday in order to phase back in some of her employees and figure out what new precautions, as well as inventory she’ll need to provide for returning customers.

“We want to make sure that we do our due diligence so that we are not putting ourselves or our clients at risk,” Rogers said. “We’ve had a bunch of clients calling saying they’re going to drop by.”