Ontario Premier Doug Ford pleaded with consumers to “shop local" as the government ordered Toronto into lockdown and tightened Covid-19 restrictions across parts of Canada’s largest province. “Please do your holiday shopping through curbside pickup or online stores, support our restaurants and order takeout." “It is going to be extremely challenging for all the retailers to quickly try to adapt their business," Brisebois said by phone. “We would have preferred more advance notice, especially as we are entering a critical week with Black Friday." Unfortunately, we won’t really have a Christmas season this year between the lockdowns and people not having office parties or family parties."

Source: Mint November 20, 2020 23:03 UTC