{"id":937415,"date":"2020-07-17T18:05:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T22:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=937415"},"modified":"2020-07-17T19:19:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T23:19:02","slug":"foot-locker-ceo-nationwide-mask-mandate-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/foot-locker-ceo-nationwide-mask-mandate-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Foot Locker CEO: Stores will Not Require Customers to Wear Face Masks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, a number of major retailers across multiple industries have announced the requirements of their customers to wear masks while shopping in their stores. Foot Locker, however, will reportedly not implement a similar policy.<\/p>\n<p>The spread of COVID-19 within the United States has sparked debate around the need and effectiveness of masks.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;CDC reviewed the latest science and affirms that cloth face coverings are a critical tool in the fight against COVID-19 that could reduce the spread of the disease, particularly when used universally within communities. There is increasing evidence that cloth face coverings help prevent people who have COVID-19 from spreading the virus to others,&#8221; accroding to the CDC<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Foot Locker CEO Richard Johnson told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/f9ac0f31-83a4-4ede-b88d-e22397d8a33c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Financial Times<\/em><\/a> that he won&#8217;t make his customers wear a face mask until there is an official nationwide mandate to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMasks have become a political issue, not a health issue. I\u2019m not willing to put my [employees] at risk\u201d of having to defend a mandatory mask policy, Mr. Johnson said to the\u00a0<em>Financial Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The reasoning behind the decision is a result of the use of masks being politicized which has led retailers having to defend the use of masks against angered consumers who do not wish to comply.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous retailers have reported an increase in physical and verbal threats made to store employees by customers when confronted for not wearing a face mask or social distancing. One such report by the Service Employees International Union found that 44% of McDonald&#8217;s employees have been &#8220;physically or verbally threatened or abused by customers&#8221; over such situations.<\/p>\n<p>The policy that CEO Richard Johnson shared with FT pivots in a somewhat different direction from the company&#8217;s posted policy that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footlocker.com\/help\/store-reopening-faq.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">currently states<\/a> that masks will be worn by employees and that customers will need to follow local policies with respect to facemasks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you live in a state\/county\/city\/or town that requires you to wear something to cover your face when shopping, riding transit or visiting a doctor, then you must cover your face or wear a mask to enter our stores.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, a number of major retailers across multiple industries have announced the requirements of their customers to wear masks&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328301,"featured_media":937416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1238825,1238826],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Foot Locker CEO: Stores will Not Require Customers to Wear Face Masks | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The CEO of Foot Locker wants a nationwide mask mandate before enforcing masks on employees. 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