Myer to close stores, cut workforce across store network

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Myer Holdings Limited will temporarily close all stores from the close of business on March 29, 2020 for an initial period of four weeks until April 27, 2020. The company said in a statement that Myer will continue to operate all online businesses and has reduced the threshold for free delivery to 49 Australian dollars per order and has relaxed the returns policy. However, the company added that it had to stand down approximately 10,000 team members across the store network, who will not be paid during this period of imposed closure.