All non-essential shops will be allowed to open their doors again in Wales from Monday.
But people will be asked to continue to "stay local" within five miles for at least another two weeks.
First Minister Mark Drakeford is ready to announce on Friday that shops can reopen next week providing they can "take all reasonable measures to comply with the physical distancing duty in Welsh law".
Scores of shoppers descended on high streets on Monday after England announced its own stores could open to the public again.
Businesses in Wales will be expected to ensure two-metre social distancing is observed in their premises.
Earlier on Thursday Health Minister Vaughan Gething said he did not want to see large crowds gathering near shops.
"If non-essential retail opens here in Wales next week I don't want to see a repeat of crowds bunched together outside shops in complete breach of what social distancing guidance is supposed to deliver," he said.
"People need to take a step back and look at the seriousness of the position we're in and to recognise that the release from lockdown comes with responsibilities for all of us in the way that we choose to behave."
Welsh retailers were told to prepare for a possible reopening three weeks ago.
But Mr Drakeford had said at that point that easing travel restrictions was "not on my list of things to change" in the review which ends on Friday, June 18.
It means that the advice to stay local and within five miles will stay in place for now.
Speaking at the Welsh Government press conference on June 8, Mr Drakeford said: "We have no immediate plans to lift the stay local message in Wales".
