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The 'new normal': creative ways businesses reopened in 2020

Business is back, from a distance
Paris, France: Enjoy café culture with face shields
Paris, France: Dine under a plastic lampshade
Germany: Tuck into a burger while wearing a giant sombrero
Ocean City, Maryland: Say ‘cheers’ to inflatable tables
Washington, Virginia: Eat out with mid-century mannequins
Bangkok, Thailand: Street food through plastic barriers
Bangkok, Thailand: Cardboard dinosaurs join restaurant guests
Lugo, Spain: Sip coffee alongside fashion mannequins
Essen, Germany: Mannequins join customers at a café
Sydney, Australia: Dine out with cardboard friends
Milan, Italy: Plastic dividers between diners
UK: A pint from a distance
Cologne, Germany: Watch football live – almost
Vilnius, Lithuania: Watch movies from your car
Speyer, Germany: A museum car park turned drive-in cinema
Seoul, South Korea: A growing interest in drive-in cinemas
Colombo, Sri Lanka: Watch an open-air musical
Thuringia, Germany: Club nights replaced by drive-in discos
Berlin, Germany: Watch a performance in a socially distanced auditorium
Barcelona, Spain: A musical performance for plants
Seville, Spain: Screens and visors at a hair salon
Tokyo, Japan: Get a manicure through a plastic screen
Rotterdam, Netherlands: An eye test with a difference
Rotterdam, Netherlands: Getting a suit fitted through a plastic screen
Altrincham, England: Markets with a difference
Subaraya, Indonesia: Market vendors separated by lines on the ground
UK: Plastic screens in shops
Southampton, UK: IKEA reopened to long lines
Bangkok, Thailand: Socially distanced banking
Worcester, Massachusetts: A town hall meeting on a football field
Baku, Azerbaijan: Cyclists gear up to resume training
Berlin, Germany: A gym operating under the new normal
Essex, UK: A fitness club experiments with outdoor space
Toronto, Canada: A hotel holds yoga in pods
Bangkok, Thailand: Markers on seats in an airport lounge
Bogota, Colombia: Temperature checks for passengers
Shanghai, China: An unforgettable experience at Disneyland
Las Vegas, Nevada: A casino equipped with plastic dividers
Amsterdam, Netherlands: A new-look museum
Dakar, Senegal: A fashion show with a difference
Newquay, UK: A Zoom Santa grotto
UK: Pantomimes performed on doorsteps
Santa Monica, California: A drive-in movie with a festive twist
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Business is back, from a distance

The onset of COVID-19 and the ongoing and ever-changing restrictions meant that many companies had to alter their way of doing business this year, and you might be surprised at just how inventive some firms became. Click or scroll through to see the inspiring ways businesses are continuing to stay open in the 'new normal'. 

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Frances Carruthers

29 December 2020

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