Under the pump retailers such as Naomi Milgrom's Sussan Group are turning the tables on landlords by refusing to reopen stores unless they secure significant rent reductions.

At the Leichhardt Marketplace shopping centre in Sydney's inner west, all 70 retail stores have opened with the exception of Sussan Group's Sussan and Sportsgirl stores, whose doors remain bolted even as foot traffic in the centre rebounds after the lockdown.