With most states under some kind of stay-at-home order , many businesses have been forced to close brick-and-mortar locations. Even when stores are staying open, foot traffic is falling as customers stay home and order online in an effort to stop the spread.
Even if your site is already in good shape, it may be helpful to make adjustments that reflect the current circumstance. Keeping customers informed about how the shutdown is affecting your product availability, shipping speed and more will give them greater confidence when they make a purchase.
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Coronavirus: Businesses have to decide whether customers should wear masks
DAYTON — Governor DeWine announced this week that while employees will be required to wear masks, customers will not be forced to wear them.
It will be up to each business on whether or not they will require their customers to wear masks.
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One of the many businesses requiring face masks to be work by customers is Brim in the Oregon District.
Costco will start requiring customers to wear masks Monday - CNN
Coronavirus Causes Iridium's Satellite Customers to Tap the Brakes | The Motley
It wasn't all bad news, though. Iridium provides mission-critical voice, broadband, and data services to plenty of other companies and government organizations, and growth for the full-year period is still in the cards. Shares are down nearly 10% post-report as of this writing, and while I'm not going to start purchasing shares again quite yet, this satcom is back on my radar as a possible buy.
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Iridium's first-quarter results mask a serious slowdown -- if not some contraction -- in business results. With its next-gen satellites now fully in operation, and supporting services like broadband internet that covers 100% of the globe and the satellite-based Aireon air traffic control system, net new connections and resulting revenue was especially strong in January and February. However, CEO Matt Desch commented:
Many things are taking place:
C Spire continues to serve customers during COVID-19 pandemic | State | leader-call.com
C Spire is voluntarily extending a waiver on late fees for consumer and business wireless customers through June 30 as part of its support of the FCC's "Keep America Connected" program. The company will not terminate service or impose late fees for wireless customers who notify us of an inability to pay their bills on time due to disruptions caused by COVID-19.
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Since the onset of COVID-19, C Spire has been continuing to support customer and community needs, including:
COVID-19 IMPACTS: Restaurants and retailers reach customers in new ways
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) -- With even more businesses now being given a green-light to begin reopening, owners and managers are needing to consider what that means for them.
Destination Medical Center brought together retailers, restaurants owners and key industry leaders Thursday for a digital discussion about reopening strategies.
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"How many weeks can we last, how do we take care of our employees and if we ever get to reopening, What does it look like?," stated Zimmern.
Ailing Ravn begs for social media support, customers and employees start dueling petitions -
Stan Westerman was a pilot with RavnAir. He captained the De Havilland Dash 8 aircraft, a small, turbo-prop plane that, for months, was the only aircraft able to fly into Unalaska.
When Westerman received Pflieger’s plea, he took it upon himself to start a petition for President Trump to reconsider Ravn’s application for federal funding.
“I just started it to hopefully show there’s a lot of public support for Ravn and what we do,” said Westerman. “Not just the employees but everyone who flies on us and relies on us.”
Tennessee cosmetologist concerned about reopening, flood of customers from Nashville | WZTV
Happening on Twitter
Mastercard ($MA) says 50% of transactions in April were what it calls Card Not Present, so either ecommerce or call… https://t.co/N019V7NSKt ReformedBroker (from New York City / Long Island) Wed Apr 29 18:30:07 +0000 2020
#CAIT said it never opposed #ecommerce and had only propagated adoption of e-commerce by #traders as an additional… https://t.co/rDKu5TqShT firstpost (from Mumbai, India) Wed Apr 29 12:33:22 +0000 2020
Europe's #digital response to Coronavirus is based on data #protection, fundamental rights & #freedom 🇪🇺🤳 A strong… https://t.co/Cyen05wCvg ThierryBreton (from Brussels, Belgium) Thu Apr 30 16:26:58 +0000 2020
Do you think #ecommerce partnerships with taxi aggregators like @Uber_India and @MeruCabs provide easier access to #essentials? @Flipkart FlipkartStories (from India) Thu Apr 30 07:04:53 +0000 2020
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