Richmond retail roundup for 2020: A rocky year due to the pandemic BizSense file) The coronavirus pandemic ran roughshod over the retail sector in 2020. A year defined by COVID’s economic disruptions spurred a slew of retailers large and small to declare bankruptcy or go out of business. But there were signs of light despite the pandemic. Several out-of-town retail outfits made the jump into the Richmond area and a handful of neighborhood markets popped up during the year. Here’s a roundup of the most notable Richmond retail news from the last 12 months: Bankruptcies and closings Richmond continued to be a popular choice for national retailers in search of a federal courthouse to file for bankruptcy protection. Here are the big out-of-town-based chains that filed locally in 2020: