Berlin — The eyes of the retail world are on Germany, the first major Western economy to start reopening bigger stores.

Companies large and small, which have been hammered by the Covid-19 pandemic the world over, are eager to see how consumers respond as they emerge from lockdown. Are they too worried to go out shopping, or primed to unleash pent-up demand?..

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