Coronavirus crippling small businesses

Businesses classified as non-essential are having a hard time bringing in any revenue

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New at 10 -- a huntsville small business owner says state coronavirus guidelines have forced one of her businesses to shut down, and is financially hurting another.

Businesses classified as non-essential in health orders are having a hard time bringing in any revenue as the state continues to fight the spread of coronavirus.

That's because they've had to close to the public and change how they operate.

Waay31's steven dilsizian joins us live now after learning how this is hurting some businesses more than others.

Some stores classified as non essential can still make money through online orders or curbside pick up orders.... but for a store like cabana wax, those just aren't options and because of that, they can't make money.

Take sot: alison dennis - small business owner "i don't know of any other small business friends that have 0 revenue" on a day like today.... alison dennis says cabana wax, a waxing company, could bring in roughly 1500 dollars.

But because of the coronavirus pandemic... that number is now 0... and for the foreseeable future.

Take sot: alison dennis - small business owner "we can't sell anything on a retail website, we can't offer anything curbside, because we are literally a hands-on place, there's nothing that we can do" dennis' reality is that of many small business owners.

Bills still being paid... but no profits.

She owned a local smoothie shop and was looking forward to more business with warmer temperatures.

Take sot: alison dennis - small business owner "usually have that incline, and you usually are able to account for, make up for whatever it was you lost during the cold months, and we were totally deprived of that opportunity to bounce back" dennis says the uncertainty of the coronavirus and when stores can re-open makes it a difficult time for all small business owners.

Take sot: alison dennis - small business owner "there's another humanity aspect of it too, and that's the preservation of small business, and what we come back to when this is all over" dennis tells me she plans to open her wax shop as soon as she is allowed to.

According to today's stay at home order, that will be april 30th at the earliest she is checking on her employees, and wants to support them through this difficult time as well.

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