Macy's shortens store hours as COVID-19 cases surge

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It reduced store hours to 11 am to 8 pm from Monday to Thursday, compared with 10 am to 9 pm earlier, but they remain unchanged from Friday to Sunday, the company said in a statement.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT), which has more than 4,700 U.S. locations, temporarily shut almost 60 stores in COVID-19 hotspots in December to sanitize them against the virus.

The United States reported almost a million new coronavirus infections on Monday, with the fast-spreading Omicron variant estimated to account for 95.4% of cases as of Jan. 1.