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- 5/14/2020
Analysis: Only bright spots in April were online, grocery
In April, total retail sales plummeted by 20.9% on a year-over-year basis. - 5/13/2020
Expert Analysis: Retailers Embrace a Brave New Industry
COVID-19 is altering consumer behaviors and many of these shifts could be permanent. - 5/11/2020
Expert Analysis: Reopening Businesses Face Thorny Customer-Facing ADA Issues
COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the ways in which we use (or, more accurately, avoid) public accommodations spaces in recent months. - 5/10/2020
Commentary: Pivoting Amid a Crisis: How to Turn Closures into Opportunity
The coronavirus pandemic has undoubtedly taken a toll on most industries, and certainly retail has been amongst the hardest hit. - 5/7/2020
Commentary: Mobile app security in the midst of a pandemic
Facing the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, major retailers have had to depend more heavily on mobile apps to stay connected to customers and keep business moving. - 5/6/2020
Six Tips for Protecting Retailers, Employees from Safety, Legal Risks of COVID-19
Grocery retailers and their employees have fast become some of the most essential service providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. - 5/5/2020
Analyst: Nordstrom’s decision to close 16 stores is ‘prudent’
Closing 16 of its full-line stores – around 14% of the total store base – is a significant move by Nordstrom. - 5/4/2020
Analysis: Wayfair has failed to turn over a new leaf as net loss continues to rise
In starting its new fiscal year, Wayfair’s results make it clear that the company has failed to turn over a new leaf. - 5/3/2020
Analysis: To survive, J. Crew brand needs to be reinvented
Although J Crew has been making progress in reducing its losses, the company still ended its last fiscal year $78.8 million in the red. - 4/30/2020
Attorney: How to deal with landlord-friendly leases
So many property owners and their tenants are struggling to stay in business, let alone cash-flow positive, through the COVID-19 crisis. - 4/23/2020
CSA Exclusive: How businesses should reimagine their ops in response to COVID-19
Chain Store Age recently spoke with David Holme, founder and CEO of Exigent Group, about how retailers can adapt — online and in store — to the changes and challenges being wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
