Thai shoppers awaken to new retail landscape as pandemic ebbs

App monitors foot traffic in shops while social distancing becomes new normal

Bangkok restaurant social distance

The Bar-B-Q Plaza restaurant in Bangkok is placing cardboard models of their mascot Barbegon in some seats to ensure social distancing. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)

APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- Retail in Thailand is coming back to life as businesses are allowed to reopen after daily tallies of coronavirus cases have not exceeded single digits for weeks.

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