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Our business may be materially and adversely affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: In December 2019, COVID-19 emerged and has subsequently spread worldwide.
−Removed: The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a pandemic resulting in federal, state and local governments and private entities mandating various restrictions, including travel restrictions, restrictions on public gatherings, stay at home orders and advisories and quarantining of people who may have been exposed to the virus.
−Removed: After closely monitoring and taking into consideration the guidance from federal, state and local governments, in March 2020, the Company temporarily closed all of its stores, distribution centers and offices, and online businesses, with Associates working remotely where possible .
+Added: After COVID-19 emerged and spread worldwide, in March 2020 the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and federal, state and local governments and private entities began issuing various restrictions, including travel restrictions, restrictions on public gatherings, stay at home orders and advisories and quarantining protocols.
+Added: After closely monitoring and taking into consideration guidance from federal, state and local governments, and other health organizations, in March 2020, the Company temporarily closed all of its stores, distribution centers and offices, and online businesses, with Associates working remotely where possible .
Effective April 12, 2020, the Company temporarily furloughed the majority of the hourly store and distribution center Associates in the U.S.
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The Company also took comparable actions with respect to portions of its European and Australian workforces.
−Removed: Beginning May 2, 2020 the Company started to reopen stores in select states and countries in accordance with local government guidelines.
−Removed: The Company has also reopened its four e-commerce websites and has started to open certain of its distribution centers and other facilities, implementing additional practices, personal protective equipment and social distancing protocols.
−Removed: The Company expects to continue reopening stores around the world in a phased approach as more states and countries reopen for retail.
−Removed: The Company continues to monitor developments, including government requirements and recommendations at the national, state and local level to evaluate closures.
−Removed: The temporary closure of our stores, online businesses, distribution centers and offices has had and, as some stores and facilities remain closed or are closed again in the future, may continue to have, an adverse impact on our results of operations, financial position and liquidity.
−Removed: For example, although our day-to-day operations have been disrupted, we have incurred and may continue to incur labor costs during these closures.
−Removed: As our stores and facilities reopen, new practices or protocols could impact our business and may continue and/or increase, such as, for example, occupancy limitations.
−Removed: In addition, as our stores reopen, any significant reduction in our customers’ willingness to shop our stores, the levels of our customers’ spending at our stores or our Associates’ willingness to staff our stores and distribution centers, as a result of health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic or its impact on the economy and consumer discretionary spending may impact our business operations, financial performance and liquidity.
−Removed: The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business is highly uncertain and difficult to predict, as information is rapidly evolving with respect to the duration and severity of the pandemic as well as associated containment and remediation efforts.
+Added: In May 2020, the Company started to reopen its stores, and as of August 1, 2020, more than 4,500 of its stores, its four e-commerce websites and its distribution centers and most other facilities were open.
+Added: The Company has implemented additional practices, including personal protective equipment and social distancing protocols as it has reopened stores.
+Added: The Company continues to monitor developments, including government requirements and recommendations at the national, state and local level that could result in possible additional impacts to our operations.
+Added: The temporary closure of our stores, online businesses, and distribution centers has had and, as some stores and facilities remain closed or may be closed again, may continue to have, an adverse impact on our results of operations, financial position and liquidity.
+Added: For example, while our facilities were closed during the first half of fiscal 2021 and our day-to-day operations were suspended, our ability to generate net sales was significantly impaired, but we continued to incur expenses, including labor and other costs.
+Added: As our stores and facilities reopened, new practices or protocols have impacted our business resulting in additional payroll and supply costs and/or facility occupancy limitations.
+Added: In addition, as our stores reopen, reduction in our customers’ willingness to shop our stores, the levels of our customers’ spending at our stores, our Associates’ willingness to staff our stores and distribution centers, as a result of health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise, and the impact of the ongoing pandemic on the economy and consumer discretionary spending, may impact our business operations, financial performance and liquidity.
+Added: For example, following initial strong sales upon the reopening of our stores, we have seen reduced traffic and open-only comp store sales declines, which could continue or accelerate for the remainder of the pandemic and beyond as a result of changing consumer behavior.
+Added: The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business will depend on future developments, which remain highly uncertain and difficult to predict, including the duration, severity and sustained geographic spread of the pandemic, the possibility of additional waves of increased infections, and the success of associated prevention, containment, remediation and treatment efforts.
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