“Starting Monday, July 20th we will require all shoppers to wear a face covering.”
-Dacona Smith, Chief Operating Officer, Walmart U.S., and Lance de la Rosa, Chief Operating Officer, Sam’s Club (July 15th, Walmart press release)
THIS IS GREAT NEWS! This is HUGE!
I could go on about how this should have happened MONTHS ago. I could speculate how their customers will react. But what I will do instead is use Walmart’s action as leverage to GET MANDATED MASK REQUIREMENTS IN ALL OTHER RETAIL STORES IN THE COUNTRY.
Today’s action to stop COVID-19 is to contact all retail stores and ask them:
“When will you be issuing a nationwide mask policy like Walmart?”
If they say they are not, ask why. Here’s the piece I wrote two months ago on how to get retailers to pass mask requirements even if the state they are in doesn’t require them. I have a lot of good advice, but this Walmart announcement is going to help convince the other national retailers the most.
Tweet, email, post on Facebook and call headquarters. Corporate retail America now has a model from the nation’s largest retailer they can follow. Their press release on the mask policy explains why they did it and how they are dealing with customers.
I can guarantee that Walmart’s policy is going to be a huge help to other retailers to implement mandated mask policies. But they need pressure from customers asking for them to do it.
Want To Reopen Retail? Everyone Must Wear Masks
