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Nordstrom permanently closing 16 full-line stores as it adapts to coronavirus era


The Seattle-based company also said Wednesday it will make changes to how its stores function when they do open in a “market-by-market” approach.




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Store workers become enforcers of social distancing rules


Even if a security guard is posted at the store, employees complain they are often left to stand up to defiant shoppers.




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Details emerge on which Nordstrom stores will be shuttered


Locations are emerging around the country as the retailer informs its landlords and its employees.




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Here’s how (and where) to store your produce over the winter


It’s the end of the vegetable-growing season, but nowhere near the end of your vegetables.




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Washington’s barbers, hair salons, some in-store retail could restart June 1 amid coronavirus crisis


Those businesses are part of phase two in the four-phase gradual reopening plan released Friday by Gov. Jay Inslee.




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Inslee: Retail stores can do curbside pickup, 5 counties on faster track to reopen amid coronavirus


Phase two is expected to begin for most areas on June 1, provided public-health data still looks favorable.




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Starbucks worker at First and University store diagnosed with coronavirus


The Starbucks Reserve near the Seattle Art Museum was subjected to a deep cleaning and is scheduled to reopen with staff from other locations who have no known impact from COVID-19.




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Starbucks stores may go drive-thru only or limit seating


Some Starbucks stores in the U.S. and Canada may become drive-thru only while others could limit the number of people allowed inside, the company said, one day after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of coronavirus a pandemic. “As a last resort, we will close a store if we feel it is in the […]




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Starbucks to close some stores, eliminate seating in all others to slow spread of coronavirus


In a bid to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Starbucks will temporarily close some of its North American locations and will shift to a “to-go” model at the rest of its more than 10,000 North American stores. The closures, which were announced and implemented Sunday afternoon, will last at least two weeks and […]




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Starbucks sales tumble as global shutdowns caused by coronavirus hit its stores


In the U.S., Starbucks has temporarily closed half its 8,000 company-owned stores. It's planning to reopen 90% of those with modifications by early June.




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In coronavirus closures, Washington state pot and liquor stores can stay open; sales have spiked for a while


Pot shops and many, if not most, liquor stores in this state are considered “essential businesses” and can stay open under Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order.




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Whole Foods to provide face masks for shoppers to prevent spread of coronavirus in stores


Amazon-owned Whole Foods will provide grocery shoppers with free single-use masks at all its stores beginning this week, in keeping with the chain's "request" that all shoppers wear masks.




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When coronavirus dealt Seattle record stores their latest blow, Easy Street Records got creative


The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest challenge for Seattle’s independent record stores like Easy Street, but these titans of vinyl continue to rise to the occasion.




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Inslee: Retail stores can do curbside pickup, 5 counties on faster track to reopen amid coronavirus


Phase two is expected to begin for most areas on June 1, provided public-health data still looks favorable.




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Whole Foods to provide face masks for shoppers to prevent spread of coronavirus in stores


Amazon-owned Whole Foods will provide grocery shoppers with free single-use masks at all its stores beginning this week, in keeping with the chain's "request" that all shoppers wear masks.




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Amazon wins business from reluctant brands after coronavirus closes stores


Before the pandemic, many brands and wholesalers kept Amazon at arm's length. Now, consultants that help brands navigate Amazon's marketplace say the company is attracting a broad range of vendors that sold at physical stores.




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When coronavirus dealt Seattle record stores their latest blow, Easy Street Records got creative


The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest challenge for Seattle’s independent record stores like Easy Street, but these titans of vinyl continue to rise to the occasion.




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Ex-ABA commish Mike Storen, dad of Hannah Storm, dies at 84


Mike Storen, a former ABA commissioner and multisport marketing whiz and the father of ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm, died Thursday. He was 84. Storm said her father died at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta of complications from cancer. Known for his hearty laugh and creative mind, Storen rose to executive spots in basketball, football, baseball […]




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Fire & Flower To Close Three Alberta Stores; Q4 Loss Widens

Canadian cannabis company Fire and Flower Holdings Corp. said Thursday that it will close three locations in Alberta under a restructuring plan, enabling it to deploy resources and allocate capital to locations with higher profit potential. The company also reported a net loss for the fourth quarter that widened from last year.




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People rely on devices to store information, but that's not a bad thing, researchers say

With smartphones and automated technologies taking care of our information for us, the means to store information outside of our brains is endless. But does this “information offloading” have an impact on the brain’s memory function?




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Weekend Life Matters: urban change post-Covid, sea and sand restored, Cape York beats the odds, and his Bobness sings for us all

Can these lockdown patterns of urban behaviour change how we shape our cities, one man's mission to de-plastic our sea and sand, how Cape York communities have had zero infection on a shoestring budget, and a landmark Dylan song falls back into relevance.





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Retail Manager Lauren Perkins will reopen her store next week with reduced hours




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Klassic Transformations restores cars and lives, helping men overcome social isolation and loneliness

A north Queensland man has helped to create a club for car lovers with a disability or mental illness the kind of program he wished was around 14 years ago, when he attempted suicide.




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Licensee of the Lucindale Post Office Geoff Robinson is helping to set up the pop up grocery store for the One Night Stand concert.






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New coast club to restore passion in Rotary

A Sunshine Coast man launches a campaign to reinvigorate community organisation Rotary by attracting young people.





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CCTV shows convicted terror plotters at chemist, hardware store

CCTV released by the Supreme Court of Victoria shows Ahmed Mohamed and Hamza Abbas in a chemist and a hardware store buying items to be used in the attack.




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The 120 year old shelves of Wight and Emmett produce store held plenty of surprises

The saddlery and produce business is a fixture of Bunbury. It has sat opposite the old railway station for 120 years and hardly seems to have changed at all.




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Centuries old Spanish garments restored and protected with community heritage grant

There is no shortage of heritage to celebrate and preserve at the New Norcia Monastery in Western Australia's Mid West.



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Grumman tracker pilots who flew the restored aircraft



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Call to remove glue mouse traps from discount stores

Adhesive mouse traps which use glue to slowly inflict fatal injuries are still being sold at discount shops throughout Australia and are harming native animals, according to an animal rights group.




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Joker-masked thief assaults teenager at Subway store during armed robbery

Police are searching for a man who was wearing a Joker-style mask and armed with an imitation gun when he held up a Subway outlet in Adelaide and assaulted a teenager.





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Cordillo Downs woolshed in South Australian outback restored by Scottish stonemasons

Scottish stonemasons with experience in restoring castles, restore a historic woolshed in South Australia's outback with quite a bit of help from the locals.




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'Heritage hero' Roy Taplin, who helped restore Burra, is called on again for old dining car

Award-winning 'heritage hero' Roy Taplin breathes new life into a 1917 Commonwealth Railways dining car.




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Partially restored Edie






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Pop-in volunteering a new way to see what's in store while helping the community

Zohara and Celia wanted to give back to their community, but they found it hard to find the time around their studies. Until they found pop-in volunteering.



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John almost died when he broke a pregnant woman's five-storey fall. Now he wants to meet her child

Almost half a century on, John is setting out to write a memoir about the incident and the events that followed. The process meant revisiting the event and the questions that have been left unanswered.




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Victoria's regional general stores face challenge of shrinking populations

They are the lifeblood of Australia's smaller regional towns, selling everything from ammunition to bread, but what's it really like behind the counter at a country town's local store?




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Famous 145yo Pleyel piano restored, illuminating lost craft of piano making

Albert H. Fox, who restored and rebuilt close to 6,000 pianos and tuned several thousand more, has now restored a famous 145-year-old Pleyel piano.





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Sea urchins devastate broadleaf seagrass: Industry and environmentalists team up to restore it

An unlikely partnership involving scientists and the fishing industry is at the centre of efforts to restore seagrass stocks in Corner Inlet.




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Rare 1663 map of Australia by Joan Blaeu painstakingly restored to former glory

A priceless 17th-century map of Australia is back on display after being painstakingly restored.




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Albury's historic St Matthew's Church to restore Letourneau organ after arson attack

More than 1,000 pipes from Albury's St Matthew's Church's renowned Letourneau organ will be removed and restored after being damaged by fire three years ago.




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Dan Murphy's Darwin store plans rejected by NT Liquor Commission

Woolworths' bid to set up a Dan Murphy's liquor store in Darwin is rejected by the Northern Territory Liquor Commission on the basis it would increase the risk of alcohol-related harm in nearby Aboriginal communities.