Walmart temporarily shut almost 60 U.S. stores in Covid-19 hotspots in December to sanitize them against the virus, in a sign the new omicron variant is disrupting the retail industry.
The Walmart stores – in locations including Texas and New Jersey – were closed for two days for cleaning “to present a safe and clean in-store environment for our associates and customers,” a company spokesperson told Reuters in a statement. Walmart has more than 4,700 U.S. locations in total.
The company made no comment on the potential impact of the closures.
Source: CNBC
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