Europe’s Retailers Grapple With Biggest Disruption in Decades
- Many stores forced to close, while grocery demand soars
- Harrods closes Knightsbridge store, keeps food hall open
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Simon Wolfson, chief executive officer of clothing chain Next Plc, said this week that the coronavirus pandemic presents the global retail industry with its biggest threat in nearly half a century.