Footwear Insight

POWERED BY www.mesh01.com footwearinsight.com May 2020 ~ Footwear Insight | Sports Edition • 23 "If I need something." Female, 43 "When schools reopen." Female, 25 "Aer I see that other people have been out and are doing OK." Female, 46 "When the crowds thin out a bit." Male, 31 "When I have a specific need, as opposed to just the ability to go there." Female, 34 "I have online shopped, but I will give it a week to see if there are any flareups before I begin to shop in store again. I won't bring my child, though." Female, 39 "Level of disposable income and job security." Male, 50 "When it's safe and what the deals are that are offered." Male, 36 "When they reopen, I'll be there." Female, 36 "If I can gather the money needed for purchases aer coronavirus-related financial costs." Male. 20 "I'll give the stores time to get things cleaned and ready for the shoppers." Female, 43 "As long as the restrictions are lied and I have the go-ahead to leave my home without getting sick or in trouble, there's nothing stopping this gal." Female, 28 "Number of customers in their store." Male, 51 "As long as there is not another surge in the new cases." Female, 38 "When my need for an item outweighs the stress of shopping. I'm definitely avoiding the rush of people. It was bad when this all started, and I assume it will be even worse when people are allowed to do what they want again. I do have wants and needs, but it's not worth the stress of heavy crowds." Female, 27 "When stay-at-home orders are lied. I will still wear a mask and bring sanitizer as a safety precaution." Female, 42 "I'll probably visit Day 1." Female, 28 "Weather, boredom, sales." Female, 34 "Money." Female, 47 "How busy the stores are and if there will be long wait times." Male, 37 "Cases get down to 0, robust testing in place, vaccine developed and deployed." Male, 43 "Store traffic will likely determine when I venture out to stores. I will plan to start visiting stores once initial store traffic dies down." Female, 29 "If they require you to wait in line before you can enter the store." Male, 28 "Time and news reports from expert medical advisors." Female, 56 "Ensuring that they'll be open for business and understanding the hours of operation." Male, 31 "Money and how busy it is." Female, 22 "I don't want to go out at the same time as everyone else because I feel like stores/ restaurants/bars are going to be swamped." Female, 26 "Just let me know when the doors open. I will form a line!" Female, 29 "Money. But I'm still working, so I shall shop." Female, 59 "Not too crowded." Female, 18 "How much money I have and where the sales are." Female, 38 "When my regular stores are back doing business as usual." Male, 62 "When it seems safe both from anecdotal evidence and the media — at least, this is what I assume. I may just take a gamble on fit and purchase online, but I'd rather try before I buy." Male, 35 "As soon as it's safe to support the local stores who hopefully will weather this pandemic." Female, 49 SELECTED COMMENTS... What will be your determining factor on when you plan to visit your favorite stores?

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