The days of walking into a Best Buy on a whim are over⁠ — at least for now. As the retailer prepares to reopen some of its locations, shoppers will be asked to make an appointment to ensure each store ...

Included in the roadmap was the full reopening of non-essential retail on May 17. But today, Penneys has announced that they will actually welcome customers back into stores across Ireland a week ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of appointment-based shopping, although restrictions have been lifted, appointment-based shopping has allowed retailers to offer personalised ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Nancy Savage decided to close her two children’s toy stores when the coronavirus struck and it didn’t seem safe to stay open in those dark and uncertain days early in the crisis.

Past an ivy partition, a concierge greets a guest with bottled water. As staff bustles back and forth asking customers for their names to confirm their appointments, partitions for 14 newly-built ...