“Retail businesses will continue to shift online, depending on their capacities to do so”

What strategies are U.S. retailers adopting?  

Neil Stern: The U.S. government has not decided to close non-essential stores. Cities like Chicago and New York decided to close bars and restaurants but these decisions are made city by city, not at a federal level. Some retailers are deciding for themselves. On March 13^th, Patagonia was the very first retailer to decide to close both their stores and their online business, saying they wanted to protect staff.  Nike followed, together with...