For thrift stores and other ‘treasure hunt’ retailers, curbside won’t do it

May 21, 2020

For chain stores like, say, The Gap, that can display their inventory online, curbside pickup has become a feasible transitional tactic as they ready their stores for the reintroduction of foot traffic. But for vintage shops and other merchants with ever-changing, eclectic merchandise, it doesn’t make sense to participate in the initial phases of reopening that often only allow for curbside handoff of merchandise.