2G never applied to fashion stores: store owner stunned - "Almost a scam"
Fashion stores in Bavaria never fell under the 2G rule. Store owners are stunned. They had allowed only vaccinated and recovered people into their stores in the pre-Christmas period.
District of Weilheim Schongau - "I feel really screwed," says Eva Maurer about the fact that clothing stores in Bavaria never fell under the 2G rule. On December 29, the Bavarian Administrative Court (BayVHG for short) had rejected an emergency appeal against 2G in fashion stores as inadmissible on the grounds that clothing stores were not affected by the regulation anyway. "Clothing is one of the basic human needs whose importance to the general public does not take a back seat to shoes, books, cut flowers and garden tools," the BayVGH said.
2G rule not in fashion stores: 'Feel really screwed'
The 2G rule in retail stores had gone into effect Dec. 8. People who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus are since then only allowed to buy in stores that are part of the coverage of daily needs. These include, for example, supermarkets, bookstores, garden centers and shoe stores. The fact that there is also a daily need for clothing was made clear by the BayVGH in its decision.
2G in fashion stores: Fewer customers - less revenue
Eva Maurer, who runs the fashion store of the same name in Schongau's old town, is speechless. "Actually, it's almost fraud what happened here." Like many others, the Schongauerin had to accept sales losses in the pre-Christmas period, because fewer customers had come due to the 2G regulation.
"I earned more in December 2020," she says. That was despite the fact that a nationwide lockdown was in effect at the time, starting in the middle of the month. The businesswoman believes the policy decisions are no longer understandable. "For me, it's all wild actionism and not well thought out."
Because of 2G: sales drop before Christmas
As in the previous winter, Maurer has too much merchandise in her store. "Actually, you get rid of the clothes well in the Christmas business, but that wasn't the case." However, she expects to be able to sell the clothes next winter as well.
Andreas Huber, owner of Huber Moden, is not sure whether more customers would have come to his stores in Schongau, Landsberg and Dießen without restrictions. "Of course we went along with 2G," he says. "We were just happy not to have to close again."
The fact that everyone is allowed to shop in fashion stores doesn't seem to have caught on with all customers. "Occasionally, vaccinated people still want to show their ID at the entrance," Huber says. But the big rush has so far failed to materialize, he said. "Whereas you had already noticed before the introduction of 2G that there were considerably more people on the road."
At the Rid department store in Weilheim and Penzberg, the 2G rule was no longer in effect even before the Christmas holidays. Regardless of the respective vaccination status, anyone who wanted to could shop here. Managing director Florian Lipp had consulted a lawyer who came to the conclusion that the Rid assortment was also part of the daily requirements.
2G rule does not apply in department store: "Really annoying for customers".
The decisive factor was a decision by the BayVGH in mid-December. In it, an application by a toy retailer against the 2G rule was rejected on grounds very similar to those in last week's decision. According to the BayVGH, what is and what is not part of daily use has thus not been conclusively clarified; instead, the Infection Protection Ordinance merely lists "standard examples."
"It was already questionable that a Christmas tree that I buy once a year should count as a daily need, but a pair of socks that you need every day should not," says Florian Lipp. He informed the district office of the decision to make his department store accessible to everyone again. "They disagreed there, but as it turned out, I was right." Lipp felt the previous implementation of 2G was "really annoying for the customers."
According to him, everyone at the department store, both customers and employees, meticulously adheres to hygiene measures. Air purification devices and Plexiglas screens have also been installed to minimize the risk of infection. "Since Corona has been in existence, I am not aware of anyone becoming infected in any of our department stores," Lipp said.
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Sorry for laughing at your relatives but that shit is fucking hilarious. Doubly so because I have family in California who are triple vaxxed and some of them literally had chain infections. So far they are all alright.
