By Nandita Bose and Melissa Fares
By Nandita Bose and Melissa Fares
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, March 18 (Reuters) – As the USA strikes to shortly curb the unfold of the coronavirus, the query of which retailers can keep open – and the place – relies on what authorities officers deem to be important.
Grocery shops, fuel stations, pet shops and pharmacies thus far are universally outlined as “important” and allowed to remain open. Many have seen gross sales soar as customers frantically purchase all the pieces from rest room paper to frozen greens to peanut butter to drugs.
However clothes retailers and department-store chains are “non-essential” and subsequently don’t have any alternative however to shut. Macy’s Inc M.N, Nordstrom JWN.N, Nike NKE.N, City Outfitters URBN.O, Abercrombie & Fitch ANF.N, and Lululemon LULU.O have closed their shops throughout the USA.
Within the grey zone are digital shops, bookstores and inns.
President Donald Trump on Sunday stated he had spoken to the CEOs…