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On the tail of a very bad year, retailers are now facing a non-existent Boxing Week.
Retailers will have to pivot back to online sales and curbside pickups to comply with a provincial lockdown that will prohibit in-person shopping at non-essential stores starting Dec. 26.
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This holiday season has gone from bad to devastating, said Barry Nabatian, director of research at Shore-Tanner and Associates.
“It’s needed, it’s inevitable. But it could not have come at a worse time.”