Retail Merchants Hawaii: 'Black Friday has to look different this year'

When Pacific Business News last checked in with Tina Yamaki, president of the Retail Merchants of Hawaii in September, she urged that nonessential retailers were struggling following the second Oahu shutdown. Now, she says that retailers are zeroed in on the holiday shopping season and reevaluating their Black Friday strategies in this unfamiliar Covid-19 environment. One thing is certain according to Yamaki, with the current Covid-19 restrictions in place, "Black Friday has to look different…