Game furloughs all staff with full pay for a month, but cannot guarantee jobs after April 30
Game says it will furlough its entire workforce until the end of April with regular pay, but cannot guarantee jobs after that date.
Walmart to begin taking employees temperatures as it seeks to address worker safety concerns
Walmart is set to begin taking employees’ temperatures and providing them with face masks as it tries to address concerns over workers’ safety.
Toys R Us savior B8ta furloughs entire workforce amid pandemic
B8ta, the company responsible for bringing Toys R Us back from the grave, has furloughed its entire workforce.
Morrisons installs plastic shields for checkout staff in all stores to protect from contagion
Morrisons has installed large plastic screens at its tills in all of its stores in order to protect its staff and promote social distancing measures.
GameStop ignores retail lockdown orders claiming it is classed as “essential”
GamesStop has ignored country-wide orders to close down all non-essential retail stores arguing that its products were able to enhance “customers’ experience working from home”.
110 retailers shut their doors in the US amid contagion fears
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.
Apple to shut all 464 stores outside of China “until further notice”
Apple is closing its bricks-and-mortar retail stores across the globe indefinitely “to minimize risk of the virus’s transmission”.
Apple reopens all 42 China stores after coronavirus closures
Apple has reopened all of its stores in China after concerns over the coronavirus forced the tech giant to shut up shop.
Amazon names first business to adopt Just Walk Out tech
Airport retailer OTG is the first retailer to adopt Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology.
Carrefour launches new shop-in-shop concept
In a bid to lure customers in-store, Carrefour has partnered with Cash Converters to add another offering to its bricks and mortar operations.
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