Patagonia will immediately halt operations, close stores, and stop taking orders amid coronavirus pandemic

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Patagonia will immediately halt operations, close stores, and stop taking orders amid coronavirus pandemic
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Patagonia is temporarily shutting down.

  • Patagonia will halt all business operations starting Friday evening due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company said.
  • "We apologize that over the next two weeks, there will be delays on orders and customer-service requests," Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario said.
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Patagonia said Friday that it plans to shut down operations, close all its stores, and stop taking orders through its website amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The halt in operations will begin Friday evening and last until March 27, when the company plans to "reassess and post an update," Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario said in a message published on the company's website.

"As COVID-19 spreads - and is now officially a pandemic - we are taking additional safety measures to protect our employees and customers," Marcario said. "The scale of impact is still unknown, and we want to do our part to protect our community especially while testing availability is unknown."

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The company will continue to pay employees through the closure, she said.

"We apologize that over the next two weeks, there will be delays on orders and customer-service requests," she said. "We ask for your understanding and patience."

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