Luxury Stores in NYC’s Soho Neighborhood Looted as Nationwide Protests Continue

New York City’s SoHo neighborhood became one of the retail destinations across the country ravaged by looters over the weekend as national unrest continued in the wake of the death of George Floyd.

Overnight, footage from media outlets and social media users in the area showed people smashing the windows of designer boutiques including Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana and Gucci, as well as department store Bloomingdale’s and athletic chain Adidas, among other shops. Birkenstock, whose store is at the corner of Spring and Greene streets, confirmed that it had to put in place full-time security and board up windows. (All locations had been shuttered over the past couple months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.).. read the full article here footwearnews.com.