March 20, 2020

Coronavirus (SARS-COV-2 which causes COVID-19) is causing drastic changes to the supply chain, a key retail operation already in flux. For the last three years, geopolitical turmoil and shifting priorities have been setting the stage for gradual changes. Studies show […]

March 20, 2020

Online retail sales growth fell in February before the real impact of COVID-19 took hold, extending a weak start to 2020 for the sector. In February UK online retail sales growth dropped by 0.4 per cent year-on-year, falling well below […]

March 19, 2020

More than 110 retailers have now closed all their stores to limit the spread of the coronavirus as fears grow that all non-essential stores will shut their doors for weeks. Department stores, fashion outlets, homeware stores and technology retailers are […]

March 19, 2020

Amazon has confirmed the first COVID-19 infection in its US delivery network as its warehouse staff in France strike amid fears of contagion. The retailer’s delivery station in Queens, New York, has been temporarily closed for a deep clean while […]

March 18, 2020

Dozens of retailers have announced this week that they will close their stores nationwide as governments and businesses scramble to prevent further spread of COVID-19. “The health and safety of our customers, colleagues and communities is our utmost priority,” Macy’s […]

March 18, 2020

While Costco displays big and bulky items such as furniture and appliances in-store, the majority of the sales take place online, Galanti said. Costco does some of the delivery itself, he continued, but a lot of it is managed by […]

March 17, 2020

E-commerce has boomed as consumers worldwide practice social distancing and self-quarantining (by choice or by government mandate), leading e-tailers and marketplaces like Amazon to amp up their supply chains to cope with increased demand. Amazon faced stock-outs on some household […]

March 17, 2020

In the past several days, rapidly changing responses to COVID-19, a virus caused by a member of the coronavirus family, have led​ many retailers to temporarily shutter stores, and consumers to relegate their shopping to only the essentials. With signs […]

March 16, 2020

Unprecedented. In my over three decades of covering and working in the retail industry, we have never seen anything like the impact of Coronavirus on the global retail scene. 9/11 temporarily ground business in the United States to a halt […]

March 16, 2020

H&M group has temporarily shuttered stores across large parts of Europe, as governments take extraordinary measures to try and contain the escalating coronavirus pandemic. The closures signal more pain ahead for retailers, already suffering the aftershock of a widespread shut […]