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“With omicron landing in the US, do retailers actually need the vaccine mandate?” by Daphne Howland via Retail Dive
andreswd via Getty Images The National Retail Federation won a stay against the government’s plan to have big companies immunize or test their employees. That squanders a chance to thwart the pandemic, experts say. As the omicron variant of COVID-19 made...
“Concerns over omicron could shift spending away from experiences, retail trade group says” by Melissa Repko via CNBC
A person with a hand full of shopping bags walks by as Black Friday sales begin at The Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass in Simpsonville, Kentucky, November 26, 2021.Jon Cherry | Reuters KEY POINTS National Retail Federation CEO Matt Shay said Tuesday that the new...
“How Retailers Can Teach Empathy for De-Escalation” by Derek Belch via Total Retail
Retailers and consumers alike had just started to feel hopeful about a post-pandemic future a mere few weeks ago. However, with the COVID-19 Delta variant quickly becoming a concern, retailers across the country have made the move to reinstate mask mandates...
“Shoppers returning to their earlier pandemic behaviors, research finds” by Daphne Howland via Retail Dive
kajakiki via Getty Images Dive Brief: Consumers are retrenching in the face of the delta variant of the coronavirus, with 20% “highly optimistic” about a return to normal, down from a third at the beginning of the summer, according to Numerator...