{"id":5029,"date":"2020-05-21T18:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smithcorona.com\/blog\/?p=5029"},"modified":"2023-12-14T19:13:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T19:13:28","slug":"pandemic-retail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smithcorona.com\/blog\/pandemic-retail\/","title":{"rendered":"No Normalcy – How The Pandemic Effectively Evolved Retail"},"content":{"rendered":"

It goes without saying that COVID-19<\/a> has caused a detrimental impact on all retail businesses worldwide. <\/span>The daily routine of going out to shop, browsing along store aisles, and chatting up the checkout counter has been shelved. <\/span><\/p>\n

For the clothing industry, this hit has been catastrophic.<\/span><\/p>\n

As of March 24, 2020, over 47,000 well-known store names across the U.S. have had to temporarily close the doors of their brick-and-mortar storefronts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For as many as<\/span> 15,000 stores<\/span><\/a>, this move could become permanent.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Businesses are scrambling to reach their clientele while stores remain closed to the public. <\/span>Companies are forced to adopt new shopping standards as a means to ensure public safety, but some shoppers may be hesitant to ever again venture out into public stores.<\/span><\/p>\n

This chaos has never been seen before in our lifetime, and the ramifications happening now will create aftershocks that will be felt for decades to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

A solution is desperately needed.<\/p>\n

Enter in e-commerce and curbside.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These options came to the rescue and can be viewed as the industry’s saving grace while COVID-19 persists. <\/span><\/p>\n

Even more, they may be seen as the new wave of the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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