{"id":165822,"date":"2020-03-15T23:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/lululemon-closes-stores-during-covid-19-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T12:05:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T12:05:00","slug":"lululemon-closes-stores-during-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/lululemon-closes-stores-during-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Lululemon closes stores during COVID-19 pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lululemon has joined a growing list of fashion and apparel businesses to announce temporary store closures as a result of the coronavirus COVID-19<\/strong> pandemic.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The athletic apparel specialist is closing its stores in North America and Europe, from 16 March to 28 March, joining Nike<\/a>, Abercrombie & Fitch<\/a> and Urban Outfitters<\/a> who all announced similar moves over the weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n Lululemon\u00a0said on Sunday workers would continue to be paid and they will receive pay for 14 days if they are asked to self-isolate due to the infection. Its online business remains operational.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u00a0are living in uncertain times and we\u2019re learning more about this virus every day,\u201d CEO Calvin McDonald said in a statement. \u201cWe\u00a0are taking this step to help protect\u00a0our global community, guests and people,<\/strong> and ensure we are doing our part to prevent the spread of COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n The Canadian business, best know for its yoga wear, has UK stores across London, including Regent Street, King's Road, Westfield London and Covent Garden<\/strong>, as well as branches elsewhere such as Guildford, Edinburgh and Manchester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":133799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16042,6,10494],"tags":[14229,5202,5707,10286],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n