River Island is the latest retailer to relaunch online operations

River Island is the latest retailer to relaunch online operations.

River Island has reopened its online store after temporarily closing
warehouses in March due to health concerns surrounding Covid-19. Customers
located in the UK and Ireland are now able to make online purchases again.

The London-based fashion brand is beginning to dispatch orders again,
though with expected delay on delivery times. New purchases will be
processed within 14 days and customers will have 28 days to return unwanted
items.

River Island has been busy “putting new systems and safety measures in
place” so that its workers can return “confidently and safely”. These
precautions include a deep-cleaning of warehouse facilities, on-site
digital thermometers for temperature checks and two metre distancing zones
which adhere to social distancing guidelines.

“We’re not back to ‘business as usual’,” said the company in a statement
on its website. “That’s just not how the world is right now, but we’re
trying.”

River Island joins a growing list of UK retailers to relaunch their
online operations this week. Next, Quiz and Fenwick have similarly begun
accepting new online orders.

Photo credit: River Island