Yelp reports hundreds of New Mexico businesses have closed

A new report shows just how many businesses are having to close down because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yelp recently released their Q2 Yelp Economic Average report, and found that nationally, while temporary business closures were on the decrease, permanent business closures are continuing to increase. And that uncertainty hit several New Mexico businesses pretty hard. The Yelp report found that from March 1 to July 10, at least 381 Albuquerque businesses closed-- 199 of those were permanent closures. And in Santa Fe, 88 business closures, 45 of those also permanent...MORE