wraggster
April 6th, 2020, 18:04
GameStop was ordered by the city of Boston to close a store that had still been serving customers, despite a state-wide lockdown.
The city's inspectional services department issued the order last Tuesday after finding the Dorchester store had been operating for several days, The Boston Globe (https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/03/business/after-instructing-employees-wrap-their-hands-plastic-bags-go-back-work-gamestop-shuts-down-mass-stores/) reports.
Staff had been selling games through a gap in the door wearing gloves or GameStop plastic bags taped around their hands, as advised by an internal email.
The state of Massachusetts ordered all non-essential businesses to close down on March 24 to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Despite a previous attempt to position itself as "essential retail," (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-19-gamestop-keeping-stores-open-as-government-orders-lockdowns) GameStop does not qualify for offering curbside pickup services.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-06-gamestop-ordered-to-close-boston-store-after-violating-lockdown
The city's inspectional services department issued the order last Tuesday after finding the Dorchester store had been operating for several days, The Boston Globe (https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/03/business/after-instructing-employees-wrap-their-hands-plastic-bags-go-back-work-gamestop-shuts-down-mass-stores/) reports.
Staff had been selling games through a gap in the door wearing gloves or GameStop plastic bags taped around their hands, as advised by an internal email.
The state of Massachusetts ordered all non-essential businesses to close down on March 24 to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Despite a previous attempt to position itself as "essential retail," (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-19-gamestop-keeping-stores-open-as-government-orders-lockdowns) GameStop does not qualify for offering curbside pickup services.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-06-gamestop-ordered-to-close-boston-store-after-violating-lockdown