On Monday, Stage Stores Inc. said it will begin furloughs this week. And in Canada, Reitmans (Canada) Ltd. said it has temporarily closed all of its 587 stores on a "voluntary" basis to help stop the spread of the virus. The company said it will temporarily layoff 90 percent of its Canadian retail store employees effective March 29 across all five of its brands: Reitmans, Penningtons, Addition Elle, RW&Co. and Thyme Maternity. Furthermore, the layoffs also impact about 30 percent of Montréal head office employees, effective Monday.