May 18, 2021 by MMR
COVID-19, masks
Leading Headlines, Retail News, Topics
NEW YORK — More retailers dropping mask requirements for customers and employees if they’re fully vaccinated against COVID-19. CVS Pharmacy said that, consistent with the latest CDC guidance, customers who are fully vaccinated are no longer required to wear face coverings inside its stores, unless it is mandated by state or local regulations. Customers who
August 24, 2020 by David Pinto
COVID, David Pinto, masks, retailing
2020, Issue 08-24-2020, Issues, Opinion
Retailing, it can be safely and accurately argued, appears to have emerged as the least cohesive segment of the U.S. business community. A case in point: the brouhaha over the wisdom of compelling customers and staffers to wear protective masks while on the premises. By any standard of measurement, wearing masks will do no harm.
July 16, 2020 by MMR
facial coverings, Kroger, masks, RILA, RILA president Brian Dodge, Target, Walmart
Leading Headlines, Retail News
NEW YORK – More retailers are requiring shoppers to wear masks when inside their stores. Target, CVS Health, Best Buy and Kroger are among the latest to announce mask-wearing requirements, as retailers grow impatient with the absence of a consistent mandate from state and local governments. Walmart helped break the ice earlier this week, when the
July 15, 2020 by MMR
masks, National Retail Federation
Leading Headlines, Retail News
WASHINGTON – The National Retail Federation issued the following statement encouraging all retailers to adopt a nationwide policy that requires customers to wear face coverings or masks to protect the health and well-being of customers, associates and partners during the coronavirus pandemic: “The health and safety of associates and customers is retailers’ number one priority
April 27, 2020 by MMR
Hy-Vee, masks
Leading Headlines, Retail News
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee Inc. is requiring all store and distribution center employees throughout its eight-state region to wear masks or other facial coverings while at work in response to the evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Hy-Vee provided masks to all employees over the past several weeks. Effective Monday, the company said wearing a