Boris Johnson has confirmed all non essential shops in England can reopen on June 15 - including those selling clothes and toys.
The PM told the nation the government will ease restrictions further from Monday by allowing outdoor retail and car showrooms where social distancing is easier.
Then by mid-June, the intention is to reopen other non-essential retail.
This includes clothes shops, charity shops, gift shops, and other similar types of retail.
Mr Johnson told today's daily briefing: "We will also start to reopen shops as we restart our economy.
"We will begin on Monday with outdoor retail and car showrooms where social distancing is generally easier.
"And, a fortnight later, on the 15th of June, we intend to reopen other non-essential retail."
But he stressed the easing would only happen if the government is confident the UK is still meeting the five tests needed.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out at the daily Downing Street press conference how his five tests for easing the lockdown had been met.
He said the “heroic efforts” of NHS workers and the public mean that the first test of protecting the NHS’s ability to cope has been met, with 475 admissions in Covid-19 in England on May 26.
A “sustained and consistent fall in the daily death rate” has been witnessed, meaning the second test has been met, he said.
The Government is satisfied the third test has been met because the rate of infection is “decreasing to manageable levels across the board” with an average of 2,312 new cases being confirmed in the last seven days, he said.
Test four has been met by signing new contracts for protective equipment and boosting testing capacity to 161,214 a day, he said.
On the final test, the PM said that the adjustments have been crafted to not risk a second peak that would overwhelm the NHS.
“This package has been carefully designed so we can ease the burdens of the lockdown while expecting to keep that R below one,” he said.
The PM today also announced groups of six will be allowed to meet outdoors as of Monday.
Mr Johnson said: "From Monday we will allow up to six people to meet outside provided those from different households continue, strictly, to observe social distancing rules by staying two metres apart."
