Crompton Collective might re-open as outdoor market to start
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Amy Chase, CEO of The Crompton Collective and The Haberdash
During an interview for the WBJ Podcast, entreprenuer Amy Lynn Chase detailed how she is thinking about slowly reopening her businesses in Worcester and Hudson once the coronavirus shutdown of non-essential business in Massachusetts is lifted.
Among the plans is possibly moving her Crompton Collective antique and artisan store to the patio outside the Crompton building, at least temporarily. Other efforts would include limiting the number of employees and patrons inside each of her stores, which include Crompton, the Haberdash locations in Worcester and Hudson, the White Room events space in Worcester and the Canal District Farmers Market.
The idea would be to slowly re-open safely and under any state guidelines to eventually be at full capacity, although with everyone's health and safety in mind, Chase said.
Gov. Charlie Baker shut down non-essential buisnesses on March 24 and has pushed back the planned re-opening until at least May 18. Baker has convened a panel of business and government officials to determine how best to slowly re-open the economy.
Since the shutdown began, Chase said her businesses' revenue initially dropped to zero, although she did decide to open Haberdash as a online store, with sales down 83% from a year ago. She had to implement her first-ever layoffs due to the coronavirus.
"It is heartbreaking. I can't even think about it," Chase said during the interview on the podcast.
To hear her full interview, hear The Weekly Business Report podcast episode "Amy Lynn Chase's Lost Revenue" here. The Weekly Business Report is produced by Worcester Business Journal and Radio Worcester.
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