When Joey Clark was able to reopen Kin, a boutique women’s clothing store located in Philadelphia, in June after being closed since early March, her customers couldn’t bear to look at dresses she so desperately wanted to sell to free up shelf space.
But given the exponential growth in daily new coronavirus cases reported in Philadelphia and across the nation, the city recently imposed a capacity constraint of five people per 1,000 square feet. With one other employee working with her at a time, that means only three customers can shop at once.
“It would be incredible if Jeff Bezos could maybe just hold off for a day and give some to the little guys,” said Clark, who launched Kin three years ago after working for 13 years as a freelance stylist for companies such as Net-a-Porter. “I don’t think people understand how difficult it is right now.”
Additionally, “many small business owners have already depleted the federal relief that they were able to obtain earlier in the year and have no additional federal relief in sight,” said Xiomara Peña, vice president of engagement at Small Business Majority, a nonprofit advocacy group for over 70,000 small businesses.
— Xiomara Peña, vice president of engagement at Small Business Majority Of the small businesses that remain open, some 20% aren’t confident their business will ever recover from the pandemic, according to a July survey published by the National Small Business Association, an advocacy group representing over 65,000 small business members.
He won’t hold off, his strategy is to stifle any competition no matter how small you are.
Funky the little guys.
a capitalist. 😆