More than three dozen Disney Store locations will shut their doors within the next two weeks.
The first round of store closings come one week after The Walt Disney Co. announced it would close at least 60 Disney stores in North America this year. The company updated its store locator tool to identify stores closing on or before March 23. At least 38 stores in the U.S. are slated to close in this round.
The company said it was reducing the number of stores to focus on its e-commerce business. The 60 closures amount to about one-third of the stores in North America.
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LA County has seen a surge in COVID-19 outbreaks at area malls over the past month, according to the LA Times. A dozen JC Penney employees at Northridge Fashion Center tested positive. There have been employee outbreaks at Montebello Town Center, Burbank Town Center, Glendale Galleria, and South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach. There have been restrictions placed on retail stores and malls, but people are still shopping. And large gatherings inevitably lead to outbreaks. Public health officials estimate that one in 80 people in LA County has the virus.
Paola Hernández watched as shoppers at the Citadel Outlets bumped shoulders and ignored signs directing foot traffic under bow-adorned palm trees. Two girls stood a few feet behind her licking ice cream cones, even though eating has been banned in malls.
Hernandez, 57, and her daughter went to the outdoor mall in Commerce on Monday when they weren’t able to find the holiday presents they wanted to buy online, she said. But even sitting on a bench outside had started to feel unsafe when, despite a sign stating it seated only two, a third person sat down next to her.
COVID-19 surges at L.A. County shopping malls as holiday customers pack stores Soumya Karlamangla, Alejandra Reyes-Velarde © Provided by The LA Times People walk against the suggested flow of foot traffic for coronavirus precautions at the Citadel Outlets in Commerce on Tuesday. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
Paola Hernández watched as shoppers at the Citadel Outlets bumped shoulders and ignored signs directing foot traffic under bow-adorned palm trees. Two girls stood a few feet behind her licking ice cream cones, even though eating has been banned in malls.
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Hernandez, 57, and her daughter went to the outdoor mall in Commerce on Monday when they weren t able to find the holiday presents they wanted to buy online, she said. But even sitting on a bench outside had started to feel unsafe when, despite a sign stating it seated only two, a third person sat down next to her.
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