The Year That Was 2020 - Part Three: Are FingerHands Essential?🤚View this post on Instagram A post shared by Urban General Store (@urbangeneralstore) One could argue that people NEED a set of FingerHands, but apparently Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot disagrees. So, beginning in March 2020, as non-essential retail, we were able to have an employee in our stores but not allowed to let the public inside. Gratefully, a majority of our customers were making the best of it by shopping online and scheduling curbside pickups. ...
The Year That Was 2020 - Part Two: The New Normal 🧼😷Following Illinois's mandatory stay-at-home order in March 2020, we temporarily closed our two retail locations—ENJOY Andersonville and ENJOY Lincoln Square. Like most Americans (and EARTHLINGS), we were scared and uncertain. People were getting sick, we were worried about our families, our jobs, toilet paper, and... HAND SANITIZERS and MASKS Suddenly we noticed that all of our novelty (yet still effective at killing 99.99% of germs on contact) hand sanitizers were selling out. The stress...