QuickPivot Blog Has the Rise of E-Commerce Turned Brick-and-Mortar into Haunted Houses?

It goes without saying that for the vast majority of people here in the U.S., and around the globe, COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on 2020 plans and disrupted just about every aspect of our lives. With winter quickly approaching, colder weather and shorter days will force many folks back indoors, elevating the risk for COVID-19 exposure. Given a rising number of COVID-19 cases already being seen worldwide, it seems likely that rollbacks -- or at a minimum, major adjustments -- of reopening plans that took place during the summer months are on the horizon. This will be necessary from a public health standpoint, but from a business perspective it’s likely to bring about another challenging phase in a Freddy Krueger-like nightmare that just won’t seem to end, particularly for storefront-dependent retailers.