People walk through the newly reopened mall at Hudson Yards in New York. U.S. shoppers spent more prudently in August and retail sales grew a tepid 0.6% from July. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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A shopper walks past shelves of school supplies at a Target store in San Rafael, Calif. Preparing for both in-person and virtual learning has families budgeting for new school supplies and bigger purchases. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
A Confusing Back-To-School Season May Lead To Blockbuster Spending
Friday
A pedestrian walks by Saks Fifth Avenue as New York City continues relaxing more restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic. Cindy Ord/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
An employee works inside a Jos. A. Bank retail store in San Francisco. The parent company Tailored Brands earlier said it would close up to 500 stores and cut 20% of corporate jobs. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
A woman walks out of Lord & Taylor's flagship store in Manhattan in June 2018, before the location was closed and the building was sold in 2019. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
An Ann Taylor store in New York City in 2015. Ascena Retail Group, which owns Ann Taylor, Loft and Lane Bryant, has filed for bankruptcy. Andrew Burton/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Coins have been in short supply around the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic. Image Source/Getty Images hide caption
Customers wait in line to enter a Zara store inside the newly reopened Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus, N.J., on June 29. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
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Walmart and Sam's Club will begin requiring shoppers to wear masks inside their stores on Monday. Al Bello/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Social distancing instructions are posted at California's Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall on June 12, as local businesses enter Phase 3 reopening. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Retail Sales Bounce Up 17.7% After Record Drop As States Reopen
Saturday
This weekend, temporary pay bumps for workers during the coronavirus pandemic are ending at companies across the country. In a normal world, high hazard pay might be the only way to stop employees from quitting en masse. But with tens of millions unemployed, workers quickly lost a lot of leverage. Ada Yokota/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Old Navy, a subsidiary of Gap, began selling nonmedical face masks in early May. MB Internal Studio/Old Navy hide caption
A man walks past mannequins in the windows of a Macy's store in Boston on April 15. The company said its online sales started growing in April, but they "only partially offset" the losses from its stores. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
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Target said it relied on its physical stores to fill 80% of online sales in the past three months. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
Tuesday
Bankrupt Pier 1 could not find a buyer during the coronavirus pandemic. Now it's asking the bankruptcy court to approve a complete liquidation of the chain. Nati Harnik/AP hide caption