As of mid-April, 90 percent of drugstores, supermarkets, beauty-product specialty retailers, and department shops in China had reopened. However, depending on the sector and sort of store, traffic remains down 9 to 43 p.c in contrast with pre-COVID-19 levels. Even after reopening, round 60 percent of large malls in China report a 30 to 70 p.c decrease in gross sales, yr on year, within the first quarter of 2020. Beauty-product sales at important retailers are down. While brick-and-mortar drugstores and mass-market and grocery shops stay open, their buyer visitors and revenues have plummeted. The Boots UK drugstore chain reported its …