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Vermont: Stores Commanded To Stop Selling Nonessential Items

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The Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) is directing large "big box" retailers, such as Walmart, Target and Costco, with in-store sales of food, beverage and pharmacy, as well as electronics, toys, clothing, and the like to cease in-person sales of non-essential items in order to reduce the number of people coming into the stores.

"Large 'big box' retailers generate significant shopping traffic by virtue of their size and the variety of goods offered in a single location," said Agency of Commerce and Community Development Secretary Lindsay Kurrle.  "This volume of shopping traffic significantly increases the risk of further spread of this dangerous virus to Vermonters and the viability of Vermont's health care system. We are directing these stores to put public health first and help us reduce the number of shoppers by requiring on-line ordering, delivery and curbside pickup whenever possible, and by stopping the sale of non-essential items."


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