Tons of major retailers are taking it upon themselves to temporarily close stores or cut hours to help try and bring the pandemic to a halt. Select retailers are continuing to pay their employees while stores are temporarily shuttered, along with offering paid sick leave. But why are these business so quick to shut down?
These are the stores that have cut hours:
- ALDI: 9 a.m.- 7 p.m.
- Dollar General (will close an hour earlier)
- Kohl’s: 11 a.m.- 7 p.m.
- Home Depot: 6 a.m.- 6 p.m.
- Sam’s Club: 9 a.m.- 8 p.m. (Mon.-Sat.)
- Stop & Shop: 7:30 a.m.- 8 p.m.
- Target: 8 a.m.- 9 p.m.
- The Children’s Place (select stores; check your area)
- Trader Joe’s: 9 a.m.- 7 p.m.
- Walmart: 7 a.m.- 8:30 p.m. (most stores)
- Wegmans: 6 a.m.- 11 p.m.
These are the stores that temporarily have closed:
- Abercrombie & Fitch
- Adidas
- Aerie
- American Eagle
- Ann Taylor
- Anthropologie
- Apple
- Artizia
- Athleta (starting March 19)
- Banana Republic (starting March 19)
- Bath & Body Works
- Bloomingdale’s
- Bluemercury
- Calvin Klein
- Canada Goose
- Casper
- Catherines
- Champ Sports
- Chico’s
- Coach
- Cole Haan (most stores)
- Crate & Barrel
- Disney Store
- DSW
- Footaction
- Foot Locker
- Fossil
- Gap (starting March 19)
- Guess
- H&M
- Hollister
- Hot Topic
- IKEA
- Izod
- Janie and Jack: (starting March 19)
- JCPenney
- J.Crew and J.Crew Factory Stores
- Jos. A. Bank
- Journeys
- Justice
- K&G
- Kate Spade
- Kiehl’s
- Lands’ End
- Lane Bryant
- Levi’s
- L.L. Bean
- LOFT
- Lululemon
- Lush
- Macy’s
- Madewell
- Men’s Warehouse
- Neiman Marcus
- Nike
- Nordstrom
- Old Navy (starting March 19)
- Perry Ellis
- Pottery Barn
- Ralph Lauren
- Reebok
- REI
- Saks Fifth Avenue
- Sephora
- Stuart Weitzman
- The Body Shop
- The Children’s Place (select stores)
- Tommy Hilfiger
- Ulta (starting March 19 at 6 p.m.)
- Under Armour
- Uniqlo
- Urban Outfitters
- Vans
- Van Heusen
- Victoria’s Secret (and PINK stores)
- Vince
- Vineyard Vines
- Warby Parker
- West Elm
- White House Black Market
- Williams-Sonoma
- Zara
There are more stores, that I missed but you get the idea….