It Could Take a Lot More Than Vaccines to Save Retailers

As such, retail revenue took a major hit in 2020, to the point where dozens of well-known businesses filed for bankruptcy or shuttered altogether. With coronavirus vaccines being rolled out to the public, retailers are hoping that once more people are inoculated and the pandemic begins to die down, life can return to some kind of normal and old shopping habits can gain traction. While declines in retail revenue in 2020 can largely be attributed to the pandemic itself, let's not forget: A lot of businesses were struggling even before the coronavirus outbreak.