Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

May 12, 2020

Designers Revolt Against the Shopping Cycle

Is Black Friday as we know it over, at least when it comes to shopping for clothes? The coronavirus pandemic may have stopped the motor of […]
May 11, 2020

Will Shopping Ever Be the Same?

When department stores reopen their doors, a familiar whoosh will still greet customers at the entrance: the sudden gust of air-conditioning, the gleam of polished marble […]
May 11, 2020

When the Mall Reopened, She Was Ready

Malls, retail stores, restaurants and movie theaters sprawled across Texas were allowed to reopen on May 1, for the first time since March 31, when Gov. […]
May 11, 2020

Colorado Hair Salons Are Reopening, With New Rules

LOVELAND, Colo. — Last Tuesday, during the first few days that this state loosened restrictions on businesses that were temporarily closed because of the novel coronavirus, […]
May 9, 2020

The Grapelord of Napa Faces a Threat Worse Than Plague

One balmy winter afternoon, Andy Beckstoffer, a grape grower who has done more than nearly anyone to shape the premium U.S. wine industry, was sitting in […]
May 8, 2020

Garment Workers in Unions Fear For Their Jobs

Myan Mode, a garment factory on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, produces men’s jackets, women’s blazers and coats for Western fashion companies like Mango and Zara. […]
May 8, 2020

The Little Wedding on the Deck

Ashley Gruber always made a point of paying attention in church. This helped salvage her wedding. Ms. Gruber and her fiancé, Jeph Mwaituka, had planned to […]
May 7, 2020

Neiman Marcus Files for Bankruptcy

In March 2019, the luxury retailer Neiman Marcus opened its first outpost in Manhattan. Spread over three floors and 188,000 square feet, the store was an […]
May 7, 2020

How to Embrace Your Inner Trash Animal

In the 1973 animated classic “Charlotte’s Web,” an entire musical number is dedicated to the film’s antagonist, a rat named Templeton, feasting on garbage at the […]
May 6, 2020

Nearly Half of Men Say They Do Most of the Home Schooling. 3 Percent of Women Agree.

ImageA scene of home schooling in Roseville, Minn., in March.Credit…Leila Navidi/Star Tribune, via Associated Press Home schooling, the new parental chore brought about by coronavirus lockdowns, […]