By Jessica Bursztynsky August 11, 2023 Gig companies have finally moved past the initial COVID-19 challenges. This month’s second-quarter earnings report from Uber shows that rides have picked back up from pandemic levels in the U.S. market, while DoorDash’s financial results indicate food delivery is here to stay. Now, gig companies need to show … Continue reading Has the gig economy finally put Covid in the rearview mirror?
By Shalene Gupta December 17, 2022 As a junior at Stanford, Harrison Hochman was sent home because of COVID. Many of his friends were scrambling to pay tuition because their family’s incomes had taken a hit. Yet it was easier to book a plane ticket home than to find a private loan. Hochman and … Continue reading From the ashes of COVID school closures, this Gen Z CEO built a thriving student-loan app
By Cristian Apetrei August 29, 2022 Since health officials confirmed the first COVID-19 cases, misinformation has spread just as quickly as the virus. Social media may have made the amount, variety, and speed of misinformation seem unprecedented, but COVID-19 isn’t the first pandemic where false and harmful information has set back public health. Misinformation altered how people trusted … Continue reading Misinformation played a deadly role in both the COVID and HIV/AIDS pandemics
Nio Reports Significant Quarterly Losses Due To China’s Covid Lockdowns ValueWalk / 09 Jun 2022 COVID-19 lockdowns in China have played a major role in Nio Inc (NYSE:NIO)’s first-quarter losses of $ 281.2 million from $ 68.8 a year ago. Factory shutdowns hampered the company’s output during the first five months while demand for … Continue reading Nio Reports Significant Quarterly Losses Due To China’s Covid Lockdowns
By Ron Gutman March 28, 2022 It’s an unfortunate but ever-present truth: The realities of COVID-19 are still far from over. In fact, cases are actually on the rise again—concurrent with easing U.S. restrictions, quarantine fatigue, waning vaccine efficacy and the increasing (yet misguided) belief that the pandemic is behind us. Now, with recent … Continue reading How data could help predict COVID outbreaks
Debit Vs. Credit Card Spending Rose During Holidays For COVID Lockdown Categories by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, January 28, 2022 Despite supply-chain slowdowns and record out-of-stock warnings during the 2021 holiday season, U.S. consumer spending on credit and debit cards from the week of Thanksgiving through the week of Christmas for 2021 rose 22%, … Continue reading Debit Vs. Credit Card Spending Rose During Holidays For COVID Lockdown Categories
CES Comes Next Week Amid Soaring COVID Cases by Tony Silber , Staff Writer, December 30, 2021 The Consumer Electronics Show, one of the largest and best-known trade shows in the world, is next week, Jan. 5-8 in Las Vegas. With more than 182,000 attendees in 2020, and nearly 4,500 exhibitors, it’s a bellwether event … Continue reading CES Comes Next Week Amid Soaring COVID Cases
Once Covid Hit, Companies Pivoted Their Marketing Strategies by Nina Lentini , Staff Writer @Nina_Lentini, November 19, 2021 In case you missed Thursday’s column, let me introduce myself, although some of you I’ve surely met and mingled with already. I will be subbing for your regular insider, Laurie Sullivan, over the next few weeks. I won’t … Continue reading Once Covid Hit, Companies Pivoted Their Marketing Strategies
Susan Hunt October 28, 2021 I just spent three days at my first in-person conference in the Covid era. It was my tenth time attending this particular conference and I was so excited to be back, in person, seeing many customers and business friends for the first time in more than two years. I jammed … Continue reading 4 Ways to Prepare for Your First Conference During Covid
Terry Choi September 23, 2021 Since COVID-19 hit, more merchants than ever are dispensing with brick-and-mortar locations—but the competition is tough. How can dropshipping businesses gain a competitive edge and retain customers? According to data from IBM’s U.S. Retail Index, pandemic conditions accelerated the projected shift away from physical stores and toward online shopping by … Continue reading Dropshipping During COVID? Survive and Thrive In the Pandemic With These 3 Tips
