Reasons to Read

Following the temporary closure of all of its stores from March 19, Gap Inc. is reportedly going to cancel shipments of summer order and halt fall production due to the impacts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. We outline the measures that the company is said to be taking, including furloughs of store workers.

We also consider the wider disruption of the outbreak on retail supply chains and the retailers that have already announced vensor or customer order cancellations.

See the Coresight Research Coronavirus Tracker for regularly updated details of announced temporary store closures or reduced opening hours by major US retailers in response to the pandemic.