Went out to see what types of retail businesses are being hurt the most by Winnipeg’s new Code Red ‘lockdown’ regulations.
The most striking image was Costco’s 730 stall parking lot almost completely full. No lineup to get inside. 1/8
The parking lot at Home Depot looked like it does on Boxing Day. 2/8
If you own a furniture and home accessories store, your shop can’t be open, but the parking lot at IKEA had several hundred cars in it. No line up at the entry. 3/8
If you own a furniture and home accessories store, your shop can’t be open, but the parking lot at IKEA had several hundred cars in it. No line up at the entry. 3/8
If you own a furniture and home accessories store, your shop can’t be open, but the parking lot at IKEA had several hundred cars in it. No line up at the entry. 3/8
If you own a clothing store, your shop can’t be open, but The Bay and Cabela’s were busy selling a lot of clothes today. 4/8
If you own a clothing store, your shop can’t be open, but The Bay and Cabela’s were busy selling a lot of clothes today. 4/8
If you own a clothing store, your shop can’t be open, but The Bay and Cabela’s were busy selling a lot of clothes today. 4/8
If you own a clothing store, your shop can’t be open, but The Bay and Cabela’s were busy selling a lot of clothes today. 4/8
If you own a toy or games store, your shop can’t be open, but you can browse the aisles at Toys ‘R’ Us as much as you want. 5/8
If you own a toy or games store, your shop can’t be open, but you can browse the aisles at Toys ‘R’ Us as much as you want. 5/8
If you own a toy or games store, your shop can’t be open, but you can browse the aisles at Toys ‘R’ Us as much as you want. 5/8
If you own a bookstore, your shop can’t be open, but Wal-Mart can sell you books. 6/8
If you own a bookstore, your shop can’t be open, but Wal-Mart can sell you books. 6/8
If you own a bookstore, your shop can’t be open, but Wal-Mart can sell you books. 6/8
If you own a store that sells flowers, or stationary, or music, or luggage, you can’t have one person in your shop, but Costco can sell all those things to a thousand people at a time. 7/8
If you own a store that sells flowers, or stationary, or music, or luggage, you can’t have one person in your shop, but Costco can sell all those things to a thousand people at a time. 7/8
If you own a store that sells flowers, or stationary, or music, or luggage, you can’t have one person in your shop, but Costco can sell all those things to a thousand people at a time. 7/8
To be fair, there are lots of local shops open. It seems that if you sell one thing, you are likely forced to close. If you sell several things, you can probably find one considered essential, allowing you to sell anything. Overall, Code Red looks more like Code Light Pink. 8/8
I’m going to add to this thread with an important point provided by @ohdessa. Many local stores are working hard to keep business alive with delivery, curb-side and on-line. As Christmas approaches all of us must go out of our way to support them.
https://twitter.com/ohdessa/status/1327798579549802497?s=21 https://twitter.com/ohdessa/status/1327798579549802497
Half way through riding around to see all these places I stopped to check Manitoba’s COVID-19 numbers for the day and realized again it’s not just about saving local business. Is having 1,000+ people in one building, no matter how big it is, the best way to slow transmission?
Adding to this thread. (US)

The founders of Amazon and Walmart have gotten $133 billion richer during the pandemic.

Meanwhile, 20% of all small businesses have closed forever.

https://twitter.com/danpriceseattle/status/1327850205786611713?s=21 https://twitter.com/danpriceseattle/status/1327850205786611713
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