Post-Pandemic Future of Retail Sector

3/26/2021

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While Coronavirus (“Covid-19”) is still affecting the world essentially, retail industry, as one of the most deeply affected fields in the commercial world by the reflections of the pandemic, should also be careful to pass their plans through the legal filter, in order to protect the health of employees, to satisfy customers and to get over this Covid-19 period with the least possible losses.
In this regard, it is necessary to take precautions and measures by evaluating the sector broadly in order to minimize the effects of Covid-19 in terms of different sections. More than one subject may arise within the scope of this assessment, which will be carried out with both a legal and commercial perspective. In this scope; our evaluations with a legal and as commercial as possible sight regarding the measures and precautions to be taken on the issues of consumer management, human resources, remedying withthe problems stemming from store operations and being able to transition to the post-pandemic period smoothly, are gathered under the titles which are; (i) Post-Pandemic Consumer Interactions, (ii) Precautions and Measures in Terms of OHS, (iii) Electronic Commerce and Compliance, (iv) Supply Chain Governance, (v) Lease Agreements’ Management, (vi) Data Protection Processes and (vii) Board Members’ Civil Liability. Solution suggestions and evaluations are included under the relevant titles in this report. Please kindly click here to download.
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