Schools across the United States over the weekend announced last-minute closures due to the spread of COVID-19. Students in a number of districts are slated to return to class on Monday morning from the winter break. Some districts blamed the closures on staffing issues or the rise in cases driven by the Omicron variant. In […]
Rite Aid, one of the largest American pharmacy chains, announced on Dec. 21 that it will close 63 locations in an effort to reassess how many stores it needs to keep open nationwide to remain profitable. The company made the announcement with its third-quarter earnings report, which reported a $36.1 million loss, saying that it expects to […]
Germany is currently in the so-called fourth wave of COVID-19 infections. Many of Germany’s traditional Christmas markets have been cancelled. In Berlin, some are still going ahead, but most are restricting entry to people who’ve been vaccinated.
Luxury chocolatier Godiva is getting out of the brick and mortar business. The company is closing or selling all 128 of its brick-and-mortar stores in North America, it announced in a statement. It plans to complete the closures and sales by the end of March. Godiva will keep its stores open across Europe, Middle East, […]
PARIS—Amazon will keep its six warehouses in France closed until at least April 22 after a stand-off with unions over sanitary conditions amid the CCP virus outbreak, it said on Sunday. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant has been under scrutiny over its working practices on both sides of the Atlantic since the start of the pandemic, […]
