Kimco Realty Corp., which owns 30 shopping centers on Long Island, will create centralized curbside pickup areas at its retail properties across the country. Credit: Kimco Realty Corp.
The coronavirus pandemic is dealing a costly blow to the retail industry, as only supermarkets and other businesses deemed essential are open -- and social distancing is changing the way we shop.
At least two owners of Long Island shopping centers plan to help customers and retailers adapt to the change in shopping habits by designating centralized curbside pickup areas at their retail properties. And some grocers and other retailers have launched their own curbside pickup services recently.
Many things are taking place:
What Rochester boutiques are open for online shopping and delivery
Instead of letting the coronavirus shutdown get to her, boutique owner Tanvi Asher developed a business plan to keep her shops afloat.
From social media shopping to virtual assistants, Rochester-area boutique owners are thinking outside the box in these difficult times. The spring 2020 lines arrived at boutiques just as the shutdown began in mid-March.
Raquel Denise Lowry, who shares physical boutique space with Jonzey's Closet at 978 S. Clinton Ave. in the Swillburg neighborhood, continually updates her inventory of purses on her Facebook page Raquel Denise Handbags and is offering coupons and specials during the shutdown. She has been offering truly touchless pickup. When a customer buys a purse from her, she will arrange a time for the pickup and, wearing a mask, she holds the purse on a long hook to deliver to customers in their cars.
Sharks Spotted Shopping at Bethel Grocery Store – NBC Connecticut
Who are Bethel's Blue Sharks? It's a question some are asking after a pair dressed in shark costumes was spotted at Caraluzzi's Bethel Market last month.
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Video posted online by Meghan Keating shows the sharks getting their grocery shopping done, waving with their fins.
Whether or not their true identities are ever revealed, many agreed their wanderings brought joy to town.
Stress shopping during the coronavirus pandemic with Personal Finance Expert Rachel Cruze | KTLA
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Pa. lawmaker defends shopping without a mask, urges public to question state officials | ABC27
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Shopping without a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t recommended by health experts, but that’s exactly what a midstate lawmaker said he did recently in a Facebook post.
State Representative Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon) calls the resulting backlash from that post an organized effort by leftist groups targeting republicans.
“I went shopping, I didn’t wear a mask, I found toilet paper,” Diamond said in a Zoom interview Wednesday.
How to commute, go shopping, and go on vacation as states reopen for business during the
A coronavirus vaccine remains far off, but the stay-at-home orders in many states are starting to lift, if they haven't already.
They'll be finding a world that's vastly different from the last time they visited a doctor's office, travelled, grabbed a cup of coffee or sat at their office desk.
For example, under state laws, Georgia hairdressers need to take a customer's temperature . Colorado's rules will let employers fill their offices with only 50% of their workforce and retail stores in Florida can only fill up to a quarter of capacity.
LIST: Local shops open for curbside shopping, delivery
As we’re unable to stop in brick and mortar stores, many local shops have launched online shopping and curbside pickup options. Small businesses need support right now as they’ve had to have their doors closed throughout the Safer at Home order. Whether you’re looking for new quarantine loungewear, some cookbooks, gifts to send friends or something special for yourself one of these places is guaranteed to have just the thing.
A Room of One’s Own : Books can be ordered online and shipped directly to you, 315 W. Gorham St., 257-7888
Costco sales drop as panic shopping during the pandemic wears off - Business Insider
The warehouse chain experienced a surge in sales throughout February and March as customers flocked to its stores to stock up on essentials in order to prepare for the lockdown.
These new restrictions, along with the ongoing lockdown in parts of the US, are now starting to weigh on its business.
"Stay-at-home orders, social distancing restrictions, and some mandatory closures led to decreased traffic and sales in our warehouses," it said.
Happening on Twitter
Phase1 of our new Centralized Quarantine Facility is near ready. Problema lang, wala kaming mahanap na PLASTIC para… https://t.co/E6yMJqaxeL VicoSotto (from Pasig City) Wed May 06 09:38:45 +0000 2020
A useful, if depressing, addendum to yesterday's show... UK finds itself almost alone with centralized virus contac… https://t.co/YhSWnxAGrH mrjamesob (from London) Wed May 06 08:24:58 +0000 2020
The idea that the country behind the US prison system is too inherently civil libertarian to do centralized quarant… https://t.co/uB9mKg98TW mattyglesias (from Washington, DC) Thu May 07 13:38:40 +0000 2020
If there's a genuine impediment to centralized quarantine in the United States it's not that we're somehow too free… https://t.co/Rv9UZGNx43 mattyglesias (from Washington, DC) Wed May 06 09:43:57 +0000 2020
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