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At the beginning of the pandemic to early June 2020, Democratic-led states had higher case rates than Republican-led states, while in the second half of 2020, Republican-led states saw higher case and death rates than states led by Democrats. As of mid-2021, states with tougher policies generally had fewer COVID cases and deaths {needs update}.
The US restaurant industry was projected at $899 billion (~$1.04 trillion in 2023) in sales for 2020 by the National Restaurant Association, the main trade association for the industry in the United States. [2] [3] An estimated 99 percent of companies in the industry are family-owned small businesses with fewer than 50 employees. [4]
The following retailers have all either closed or announced plans to close large numbers of retail locations, since 2010, during a time period labelled a "retail apocalypse" by media, accelerated by both the increase in online shopping and then by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With nonessential businesses closed for weeks or months in some places, already struggling retailers and restaurants found the financial losses too big to overcome. Businesses have been hit hard ...
Chains are on track to close the highest number of stores in 2024 than any year since 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic decimated the industry. ... 99 Cents Only went out of business permanently ...
Small businesses in the U.S. have been blasted by the pandemic, with nearly 100,000 closing permanently since the pandemic struck, according to a Yelp analysis published in September. Between the...
The COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom was a series of stay-at-home orders introduced by the British and devolved governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 23 March 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a nationwide lockdown to curb the widening outbreak of COVID-19. This involved closing many sectors and ordering the ...
The coronavirus is not entirely indiscriminate in claiming economic victims: some companies seem much more immune than others.Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Chewy Inc (NYSE: CHWY) are among ...