PENNSAUKEN, N.J. — Williams Trading Co. has released a list of guidelines to help adult retail stores across the country re-open their business after the COVID-19 pandemic closures.
Williams Trading is offering “a quick list of helpful procedures, links and a quick industry-related course on Williams Trading University that pinpoints helpful tips for adult retailers in keeping their stores, employees and consumers safe,” said a rep.
Williams Trading’s Director of Marketing and Sales Scott D said that “as retailers begin to slowly open, the National Retail Federation (NRF) has developed operational guidance and considerations for opening stores. Williams Trading has also supplemented these guidelines, developed by leaders convened by the NRF with operating suggestions specific to the adult industry retail sector.”
“Additionally, we are providing a Williams Trading University course called ‘COVID-19: A Retailer's Guide,’ which is available for all retailers,” Scott D added.
These are the general and specific guidelines to re-open adult stores after the COVID-19 closures:
General — Store Opening Guidelines From the National Retail Federation
- Deep cleaning procedures (CDC protocol)
- Training employees and preparing a COVID-19 protocol plan
- Operation Open Doors Checklist (NRF): This checklist represents guidance from members and subject matter experts, and is intended to highlight key topics to consider as retailers seek to re-open operations. Your individual facts and circumstances will be unique, and we encourage you to work with your preferred legal and financial advisors to adapt this guidance to your specific situation
- Review the Coronavirus Retail Restrictions by State (NRF): this state-by-state map outlines coronavirus-related laws, executive orders, regulations, and guidance governing store reopening for retailers
Specific — Adult Store Recommendations
- Replacement of testers section
- Install barriers at registers
- Social distancing for employees
- Adjust store hours of operation, as necessary, to support social distancing efforts by limiting store traffic
- Ensure staff has sufficient time to rest, sanitize, and restock inventory
- Consider offering seniors and other high-risk individuals exclusive early hours
- Consider increasing pickup hours to serve more online customers.
- Offer masks for all consumers shopping
- Consider suspending or modifying return and exchange policies
- Have employees take the WTU University COVID 19 course: Unlike other WTU courses, this is not a training course. Instead, "COVID-19: A Retailer’s Guide" is meant to help store owners and employees keep their stores up and running during this time, with helpful store cleaning tips, CDC reference sheets, and signage that can be printed out and used as reminders.
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