Kohl’s has joined retail heavyweights like Walmart and Best Buy by requiring all customers at every store to wear masks beginning Monday to fight the spread of coronavirus. “As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, face covering mandates have grown to apply to approximately 70 percent of our store base — therefore we’ve made the decision …
Kohl’s has joined retail heavyweights like Walmart and Best Buy by requiring all customers at every store to wear masks beginning Monday to fight the spread of coronavirus.
“As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, face covering mandates have grown to apply to approximately 70 percent of our store base — therefore we’ve made the decision to take a consistent approach across our entire store fleet,” the Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin-based company said in a statement.
Longtime customer Terrie Piell said the new policy will make her more likely to move her Kohl’s shopping from online to brick and mortar.
“I find the mask to be a small inconvenience compared to not being able to shop or do business at all,” said Piell, 57, a marketing professional who lives in Flemington, NJ. “And science supports the effectiveness.”
The mask announcement prompted Wall Street to bid up stock in the 1,158-store chain by 1.3 percent in noon trading, to $22.59.
