Retailers overcome 'panic mode' on path to reopening

Gulf Coast merchants are re-opening their doors with new measures in place to battle the coronavirus.

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. May 22, 2020
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HARRY SAYER -- David Jackson, co-owner of the Sarasota Fleet Feet franchise, took numerous steps to protect staff and customers upon re-opening.
HARRY SAYER -- David Jackson, co-owner of the Sarasota Fleet Feet franchise, took numerous steps to protect staff and customers upon re-opening.
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Closing wasn’t easy.

Sales at David Jackson’s Fleet Feet store in Sarasota plunged 85% from a year ago after he made the decision to follow the chain’s guidance and governmental direction to move sales exclusively online, with limited at-store pickup, in mid-March.

 

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