Why aren't spring and summer fashion on store shelves? Blame coronavirus
As shoppers begin to set foot in Corridor apparel stores large and small, looking for the latest in spring or summer clothing, they might notice many of the shelves and racks filled not with bright prints but with much of the same winter merchandise that was on display this past March. "We place orders in September for February, March and April," explained Catherine Champion, owner of Catherine's Boutique, with stores in Iowa City and the Quad Cities. "The vendors take pre-orders and then they produce. Most of the vendors have pushed out the next season to August. We placed our orders for fall clothing in February. Anything that was not in production has been edited" — that is, some quantities have been reduced. "While we would normally receive fall apparel in July and sell it, we are not going to receive it until August," Champio...