Rebel Sport and Briscoes are bracing for a busy first few weeks under Alert Level Two.

Briscoes Group Managing Director Rod Duke told Mike Hosking he expects the stores to be very busy, as people make up for the past seven weeks.

He expected a steady stream of customers through Briscoes and Rebel Sport stores today.

"I think they will start pretty aggressively. The first week or two will be very very busy,"

However, he said he expected some other retailers would not be reopening - victims of having to close for the past seven weeks. A similar number would reopen for a while but find it too hard as the impacts continued.

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