All non-essential retailers in Northern Ireland are allowed to resume trading on Friday, as part of lockdown measures lifted by the executive.
They were forced to shut at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March.
Large retailers have already opened, but, on Thursday, the executive confirmed that shopping centres and small shops could reopen for business.
From today, groups of up to 10 people in NI who do not live together can also meet outdoors.
However, they must adhere to social distancing advice requiring people to stay 2m (6ft) apart, First Minister Arlene Foster said.
The executive met on Thursday and agreed to lift a number of lockdown restrictions, because the R-number – which measures the rate of infection – is currently estimated as being between 0.5 and 0.9.
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