SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Retail companies in San Francisco have the inexperienced gentle to start curbside gross sales and pickups beginning Monday, however that’s nonetheless leaving many house owners questioning the way it will impression their enterprise general.

Petra Bergstein, proprietor of The Caviar Firm, has been packing up orders and delivering packages of high-end caviar.

“They will name us forward of time and we are able to simply run it proper down,” stated Bergstein. We’ve executed it earlier than COVID-19. We put it on ice and it’s able to go, so we’re prepared.”

A powerful established presence on-line and an Instagram following of greater than 10,000 have stored her enterprise shifting in the best route, even earlier than curbside gross sales kick-off.

“We’re actually enthusiastic about it,” Bergstein stated “We expect it’s going to assist us.”

Many enterprise house owners say having a listing of in style objects clearly priced on-line, and presenting prospects precisely what they’re getting earlier than a scheduled pickup are key.

Close by, SuiGeneris, a lady’s clothes consignment retailer, doesn’t have the identical enterprise mannequin.

“I’m used to serving to individuals after they are available. What dimension would work for them so I’m curious how this may play out for us,” stated Jitka Valkova, supervisor at SuiGeneris Designer Consignment.

Door after door with “Closed” indicators and no indication of even partial re-openings dominate. The North Face retailer, which opened final yr in Cow Hole introduced its closing completely.

There might be no pickups at Sur La Desk, the favored kitchenware retailer on Union Avenue both. The Williams Sonoma location on Chestnut road is shutting its doorways for good.

However two blocks down, {Photograph} and Body within the Marina simply introduced again staff this week after slicing half its workers in Mid-March.

“It will likely be good to have individuals choose up issues on monday and we do have ready-made choices out there which might be a constructive,” stated Ilysa Austin of {Photograph} & Body.

The gradual re-openings start for different counties like Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Mateo early subsequent week, barring any important spikes in new instances of COVID-19 and hospitalizations.

The one Bay Space county not permitting curbside gross sales might be Santa Clara County.