Let’s dial down the coronavirus scaremongering

The coronavirus could not have struck at a worse time for Australian retailers still reeling from the impact of bushfires and floods, particularly in NSW and Victoria. The coronavirus has shuttered restaurants and other independent businesses in popular Asian shopping and hospitality precincts and has reduced foot traffic in shopping centres. The panic around the outbreak is testing already fragile consumer confidence, but it also looks set to disrupt supply chains in a double whammy for retaile

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