ORLANDO, Fla. — The seasonal job market is expected to look different in this year of the coronavirus, as even more holiday shoppers make their purchases online and unemployment remains high.
Companies such as UPS are loading up with package handlers and drivers, and jobs available inside stores are changing as well to serve online customers. Big shopping days like Black Friday could also potentially see smaller crowds as deals start even earlier, meaning retailers might not need to staff up as much as they normally do.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Millennial Money: A new set of shopping tips in the pandemic
In the days before COVID-19, shopping smart used to mean scoring deals at a department store's weekend sale. But the pandemic has led to a shift in consumer habits. Now, many consumers are making their purchases online for home delivery or picking them up curbside. To save money while shopping during the pandemic, sign up for in-stock alerts, lean on your community, read reviews carefully and more. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Prior to March, shoppers would go to the mall or grocery store -- without masks -- and scout out the latest sales.
Sam’s Club offers virtual holiday shopping experience in ‘Griswold House’ |
(NBC) – Sam’s Club is introducing a virtual tour of the Griswold house, made famous in National Lampoon’s “Christmas Vacation.”
You can shop Sam’s Club’s top gifts inside of the Griswold house. The experience also includes movie trivia and interactive elements.
“Clark's goal of creating perfect moments and memories for his family for it to be greatly interrupted by things outside of his control is basically the story of 2020,” Sam’s Club said in a press release. “And we're here to celebrate the fact that even though nothing has gone to plan for 2020, and things continue to ‘go wrong,’ we can still, as Clark says, ‘have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas’.”
If California shopping malls can reopen, museums should too - Los Angeles Times
Trying to avoid another surge in the COVID-19 pandemic, California has shut down many indoor businesses and activities until the infection rates in their counties have dropped to more manageable levels. The toughest restrictions remain in place in the dozen counties with the highest rates of positive tests and new cases, including Los Angeles County. It's a cautious approach rooted in science, which is reassuring and welcome.
Here's one example. Even in counties with widespread transmission, the state has allowed indoor venues such as shopping malls, retail stores, hair salons and tattoo parlors to reopen with restrictions. Museums, however, have been told to keep their indoor galleries closed, even though they have offered to put in place an elaborate array of safety measures. If these facilities can reopen as safely as shopping malls or tattoo parlors, state health officials should find a way to let them do so.
And here's another article:
Experts expect shipping delays this holiday season, recommend shopping now | WWMT
Consumers Plan To Spend Less This Holiday Shopping Season, Survey Finds – CBS Philly
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Americans are expected to spend less this holiday season than in the past. The National Retail Federation released its annual survey.
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They found that on average that people planned to spend about $1,000 dollars on gifts, food and other necessities for the holidays.
Biden Details ‘Science-Backed’ COVID-19 Plan, Accuses Trump Of Failing American People
Covid-19: Possible changes to quarantine and a review of Wales' shopping rules - BBC News
.css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;} Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Sunday morning. We'll have another update for you at the same time on Monday morning.
Facing foreclosure, Pinecrest shopping center relinquished to New York lending company following
Pinecrest in Orange Village, Ohio, was slowly opening on Tuesday, May 12, 2020 as a few shoppers were seen going into the handful of stores. David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com
The transfer happened "deed in lieu of foreclosure," Orange Mayor Kathy Mulcahy said. This signals that the developers gave up the property instead of facing a foreclosure lawsuit.
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"We are really committed with Square Mile to continue to bring best-in-class merchants to Pinecrest even as we all learn to cope with COVID and grow through what is a difficult environment," Fishman said.
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