GameStop is said to refuse to close its retail stores in the United States despite the corona virus. You want to stay open for the "Animal Crossing" release.
- GameStop stores in the United States should be closed due to the corona virus
- The retail chain for computer games and accessories is said to refuse
- For the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons , GameStop wants to stay open despite the corona virus
Hamburg / Pennsylvania - The novel corona virus keeps people in check worldwide: Not only have thousands of people already contracted Covid-19 , but retailers have also felt the consequences of the corona virus . If many gamers pass their time on consoles, PCs and the like due to the quarantines or exit restrictions prescribed in many places, the large retail chain GameStop in the USA does not want to forego their profits and is said to have refused to close their stores - despite the order being placed U.S. agency. Simple reason: Animal Crossing: New Horizons is celebrating its release on March 20, 2020.
GameStop is said to have opposed the Animal Crossing release despite the corona virus closure
Many shops and businesses in Germany are already facing closures due to Covid 19 disease , and the USA is also following suit with similar measures. Because the Sars-CoV-2 virus spread at a rapid pace there too. For example, the US governor Tom Wolf of the State of Pennsylvania said in a post on Twitter : According to him, "all nonessential shops should be closed until 8:00 p.m." If you compare this with the situation in Germany, it still sounds relatively harmless.
The retail chain GameStop is said to have refused to close despite the corona virus.
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But the US politician is serious, because Tom Wolf made it clear that the state would take measures if the shops remained open. This includes, for example, hefty fines. But those who do not cooperate at all are the retail chain GameStop. This is said to have classified itself as "indispensable retail", said a GameStop employee in an interview with the gaming magazine Kotaku. "The branch managers are authorized to show the document linked below to law enforcement officers if necessary," it said in a mail from GameStop .
Coronavirus: GameStop row back after allegedly refusing to close the store
Because of the products offered by GameStop , which would also enable customers to work from home, the retail chain for computer games and accessories would have seen itself as essential. After all, tactically speaking, it is also a major setback to close individual GameStop branches in the United States. The new game "Animal Crossing: New Horizon" is in the starting blocks and would be the perfect game for any quarantine during the corona virus crisis. In the final analysis, GameStop also faces several negative forecasts, namely that the corona virus could have serious effects on the Final Fantasy 7 remake, as reported by ingame.de *.
We are working diligently during this unprecedented time to provide our customers & associates with the safest environment possible. Please see below for details on new changes we are enacting & click here for our full statement: https://t.co/qP9jDQUmjs pic.twitter.com/d99kxviz7Q
- GameStop (@GameStop) March 19, 2020After serious accusations from the press and its own employees, GameStop was finally forced to make a statement and backed off with its project. GameStop would work diligently to offer itself and its employees the best possible protection. Therefore, the retail chain also decided to implement measures against the spread of Covid-19 disease and therefore also regulated the previous opening hours.
Coronavirus: GameStop publishes new measures for Covid 19 disease
From now on, GameStop stores in the USA will only be open from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. until March 29, 2020. In addition, the recommended minimum distance between customers will now be tightened, so that no more than ten customers will be in the future to be allowed to stop a business. In Germany, entire GameStop branches have already closed and do not even have the option to remain open until 8 p.m. But the retail giant is increasingly relying on online shipping for orders so that the release of "Animal Crossing: New Horizon", a true Nintendo dream *, is not at risk.
Source: ingame.de
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