July 15, By Dacona Smith, Chief Operating Officer, Walmart U.S., and Lance de la Rosa, Chief Operating Officer, Sam’s Club
Starting Monday, July 20th we will require all shoppers to wear a face covering.
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 want to do instead is use Walmart’s action as leverage to GET MANDATED MASK REQUIREMENTS IN ALL OTHER RETAIL STORES IN THE COUNTRY.
That’s it. That’s your action step for today. Corporate America now has a model they can follow.
If you want, you can read the link to their press release on the mask policy to see how they justify it and how they are dealing with customers.
Then tweet, email, FB and call other retail store headquarters and ask. “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. I have a lot of good advice, but this Walmart announcement is going to help convince the other national retailers the most.
Want To Reopen Retail? Everyone Must Wear Masks
