La Residence: an entire floor akin to a luxury hotel suite, with lounge, kitchen and bar, is the most extravagant. But customers should be prepared to climb two flights of stairs to get there, as boutiques encourage visitors not to use lifts if possible.Salespeople in fine jewellery boutiques already use gloves when handling high-end pieces, to avoid scratches and marks.
But now these cloth gloves will be replaced by disposable nitrile gloves - for staff and customers alike.Customers can expect staff to wear masks, with perspex screens installed between them at sales desks. “It’ll be interesting selling jewellery from behind a screen - certainly an ice-breaker and conversation starter,” says Boodles director James Amos.Some boutiques,.