Instead, the agency recommends shopping online, visiting outdoor markets or using curbside pickup, where workers bring orders to your car.
If you need to enter a store, go during off hours when there will likely be fewer people. Wear a mask and stay at least 6 feet away from others.
Try to spend as little time inside the store as possible, says Dr. Isaac Weisfuse, a public health expert at Cornell University.
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Use a hand sanitizer with at least 60 percent alcohol when you leave, and then wash your hands with soap and water when you get home.
And here's another article:
Shopping for a Rug Just Got Easier (FCL Dec. 10) | firstcoastnews.com
Norwich Leaders Push Local Shopping This Holiday Season – NBC Connecticut
City and state leaders are asking people to support small businesses in Norwich this holiday season.
"For every dollar that you spend in your city or town at a local business, 67 cents stays right there," Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz said during a virtual press conference with Norwich business leaders Wednesday.
The city's mayor and other officials say it is critical for people to shop local as the pandemic continues to force many small businesses to adapt to a changing COVID environment.
How Has Your Grocery Shopping Changed? | Bon Appétit
I'm curious to hear how you go about deciding whether or not to buy an ingredient you haven't cooked with before when you see it in a recipe. Will you always do it if you can find it in your local grocery store? Will you only do it if you know you won't have half a jar left? Are you game to try anything that sounds intriguing?
Other things to check out:
Holiday Wine Shopping: How to Win the 'Costco Treasure Hunt' - WSJ
"WE DON'T HAVE any more wine Advent calendars!" said a harried Costco staffer as he rushed by me. I'd just set foot in the Wayne, N.J., Costco, and he'd overheard me say "wine" to my husband.
The Costco Advent calendar contains 24 half bottles of various wines and sells for under just $100—if you can find it. Neither wine nor desirable bottles last long on Costco shelves. The tantalizing promise of a find might end in disappointment—or a great bottle of wine. Siobhan Clements, Costco's northeast re-gional beer, wine and spirits buyer, calls this "the Costco treasure hunt.
Data shows impact pandemic is having on holiday shopping trends | KLAS
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — What are some of the trends for shopping this holiday season, given that we are experiencing a period we have never been in before?
We listened in on an hours-long webinar on data collected by Prosper Data and Analytics, which is what the National Retail Federation uses when it wants to read what people are projected to do for a particular period.
Results show 64 percent of adults 18 years of age and older, plan to spend the same or less this year on holiday shopping, compared to last.
Holiday Shopping And COVID-19: Retailers Say Shoppers Should Feel Safe Shopping In Person –
With more restrictions on the horizon, retailers are understandably concerned about the most important shopping time of the year.
National Retail Federation Senior Vice President David French says shoppers should feel safe going to their favorite store.
“We’ve learned a lot since the shutdowns and lockdowns of the spring and retailers have invested billions of dollars in personal protective equipment masks, making their stores safer, plexiglass shields, testing, to name it retailers have done all of it. We think with the protocols in place retail is a safe place,” he said.
'Shop Madison' encourages local holiday shopping
MADISON (WKOW) -- With local businesses feeling the brunt of the pandemic, there's an even bigger push to shop local this holiday season.
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Besides a new PSA, Destination Madison is also setting up 13 days of shopping featuring about 10 businesses a day to give you ideas on where to shop.
"Stores and restaurants have worked hard to follow public health directives during these last few months and they continue to do so," said Rob Gard with Destination Madison. "Many of them are still open, and we ask that if you do frequent them for the shop Madison campaign, that you adhere to the guidelines they have in their stores."
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