Cashier Druhan Parker, right, works behind a plexiglass shield Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, as he checks out shoppers Cassie Howard, left, and Paris Black at an in Chicago. The accelerating surge of coronavirus cases across the U.S. is causing an existential crisis for America’s retailers and spooking their customers just as the critically important holiday shopping season nears. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Mannequins stand on display Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, at the Ann Taylor store with an online pickup sign on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. The accelerating surge of coronavirus cases across the U.S. is causing an existential crisis for America’s retailers and spooking their customers just as the critically important holiday shopping season nears. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
A shopper Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, departs the Timberland Store near the store's COVID-19 safety requirements on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. The accelerating surge of coronavirus cases across the U.S. is causing an existential crisis for America’s retailers and spooking their customers just as the critically important holiday shopping season nears. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
A pedestrian Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, walks past a bilingual COVID-19 precaution signs outside a retail store on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. The accelerating surge of coronavirus cases across the U.S. is causing an existential crisis for America’s retailers and spooking their customers just as the critically important holiday shopping season nears. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, a hostess takes a customer's temperature at Ye Olde King's Head in Santa Monica, Calif. Sales at restaurants and bars fell in October for the first time in six months. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, Fabian Rodriguez cleans a table in an outdoor tented dining area of Tequila Museo Mayahuel restaurant, in Sacramento, Calif. Sales at restaurants and bars fell in October for the first time in six months. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Mannequins stand on display Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, at The Gap store on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. The accelerating surge of coronavirus cases across the U.S. is causing an existential crisis for America’s retailers and spooking their customers just as the critically important holiday shopping season nears.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Customers wait in a socially distant line Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, outside the Apple Store along the Chicago River in Chicago. The accelerating surge of coronavirus cases across the U.S. is causing an existential crisis for America’s retailers and spooking their customers just as the critically important holiday shopping season nears. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
A pedestrian is reflected Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, as they walk past a mandatory mask wearing sign at an art gallery on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. The accelerating surge of coronavirus cases across the U.S. is causing an existential crisis for America’s retailers and spooking their customers just as the critically important holiday shopping season nears. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)