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Sunday opening hours
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Why is it that Tesco, Debenhams, Sainsbury's et al. must close after only - what 5 hours? - while Blockbuster, B2 & Woolies can stay open all hours?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Bert's right about the floor space issue, but it's also dependent on the specifics of the trade in question. Most businesses can only trade for 6 hours on a Sunday (things like grocers, record stores, bookshops, clothes stores) although some companies choose to only trade for 5.
For some reason that seems to pre-date the Sunday trading laws other businesses can trade for longer - furniture stores, garden centres, restaurants and video libraries. Quite why is beyond most people, but it's tied up with employment issues as much as trading laws.