The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
The national retailers join a growing group of businesses that are no longer requiring vaccinated shoppers to wear face masks in their stores, except where state and local regulations mandate them. The news follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updating its guidelines last week to say masks and social distancing were not necessary for vaccinated people.
Many retailers started requiring customers to wear masks in their stores last summer, but enforcing the policy has proven difficult amid shifting regulations and public health recommendations.
Target said it recommends customers and employees who are not fully vaccinated wear masks. Macy’s will also recommend masks for all vaccinated customers and will continue to require workers to wear them.
Nordstrom, Tod’s and L’Occitane are all pushing for privatisation. Ultimately, their fate will not be determined by whether they are under the scrutiny of public investors.
The company is in talks with potential investors after filing for insolvency in Europe and closing its US stores. Insiders say efforts to restore the brand to its 1980s heyday clashed with its owners’ desire to quickly juice sales in order to attract a buyer.
The humble trainer, once the reserve of football fans, Britpop kids and the odd skateboarder, has become as ubiquitous as battered Converse All Stars in the 00s indie sleaze years.
Manhattanites had little love for the $25 billion megaproject when it opened five years ago (the pandemic lockdowns didn't help, either). But a constantly shifting mix of stores, restaurants and experiences is now drawing large numbers of both locals and tourists.