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As with major weather events, retailers' top priority as COVID-19 has spread globally in recent weeks is the health and safety of their workers and customers. Those concerns early in the year led Levi's, and many other retailers, to shutter stores within China and restrict employee travel into and out of the country.
Several weeks on, the virus has arrived in the U.S. and other countries outside China, with 93,000 cases tracked worldwide as of March 4, according to the World Health Organization. Many details about the flu-like disease, which is caused by a member of the coronavirus family, remain unknown, and health officials are still working out how far and for how long it might spread. But as more cases of the disease have been reported globally, problems for the retail industry have emerged.
Perhaps most disrupted is the supply chain, as factories shutter within China (compounding issues introduced by the Trump Administration's tariff policies last year). This week, the epidemic also hit home for Amazon and REI, which both operate in the Seattle area where a few U.S. cases are clustered, according to KOMO News. An employee at Amazon was diagnosed with COVID-19. REI closed three Seattle-area campuses after two employees reported possible exposure to coronavirus.
The National Retail Federation at the end of last month maintained its prediction for retail sales growth this year of 3.5% to 4.1%, to more than $3.9 trillion, despite uncertainty around the trade war, the COVID-19 outbreak and the presidential election. At that point, however, coronavirus was already coming up in dozens of earnings calls, even pushing down guidance in some cases, and that has only escalated since.
Dr. S. Jebastine Suthan Raja serves as an Assistant Professor in Heber Institute of Management Studies at Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli-620 017, Tamilnadu, India. He is a Commerce Graduate from Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Nagercoil and secured his M.B.A., from Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Trichy. He is backed by several other degrees like M.Com (Finance)., M.Sc (Psychology)., M.A(Labour Management)., M.Phil(Management)., and Ph.D(Management). The journey of academic arena has not yet stopped for him as he is about to accomplish his M.S.W., in HR from Alagappa University. His area of specialization is Human Resource Management. He has 13.9 years of Teaching Experience as Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Studies, C.S.I.Institute of Technology,Thovalai-629 302, Kanyakumari District, Tamilnadu,India. He has acted as a Joint Co-Ordinator of the Department Association, Co-Ordinator of Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Department Placement Officer and NSS Programme Officer of his previous Institution. As NSS Programme Officer he was instrumental in initiating many Social and Student Development Activities. He has attended various Professional Development Courses, Workshops, Seminars and Presented Research Papers on various topics in the National and International Conferences. He has published numerous research articles in Reputed Journals and has two Book Publications to his credit. He is serving as a subject Expert in Board of Studies in the Department of Business Administration of Scott Christian College (Autonomous). He had been in many forums and Management Meets in the capacity of Judge. He has been performing as an Academic Instructor for Various Distance Learning Programmes of Several Universities. Some of his areas of interest are Principles of Management, Office Management, Personnel Management, Industrial Relations and Labour Welfare, Organization Change and Development, Legal Aspects of Business and so on. He also possesses Life Membership in Indian Society for Technical Education. As a part of his achievement he has received an Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award, Best Faculty Award, Best Research Scholar Award and Best Author Award from various Renowned Organisations for his Contribution towards the Society and Students Community.
ISBN: 9789395470841
Publisher: Book Saga Publications
Number of Pages: 75
Dimensions: 6.00"x9.00"
Interior Pages: B&W
Binding:
Paperback (Perfect Binding)
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In Stock (Print on Demand)