Walmart latest retailer to require customers to wear masks
Last updated 7/15/2020 at 1:19pm
ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
AP Retail Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam's Club stores, making it the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that has otherwise proven difficult to enforce without state and federal requirements.
The company said Wednesday that the policy will go into effect on Monday to allow time to inform customers. Currently, about 65% of its more than 5,000 stores and clubs are located in areas where there is already some form of government mandate on face coverings.
Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart...
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