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Pandemic-Led Innovations Are Changing the Way Businesses Operate
Companies are turning to startups and tech firms for health screenings, contactless entry and other solutions needed to resume business.
By: Joan Verdon

India’s Top Wellness App Cure.fit Expands Into the U.S.
With demand for self-care on the rise, India’s top wellness app is spreading its differentiated model of fitness classes to therapy sessions to the U.S. and worldwide.
By: Jackie Chiquoine

Using Social Media to Promote Small Business During COVID-19
Five small business owners share how their social media efforts are proving fruitful for business during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By: Andrea Forstadt

Text-Based Commerce Surges Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Creating and maintaining a subscriber list is key to personalized, text-based marketing that drives business.
By: Mark Hamstra

Harry & David Closes Its Stores to Focus on E-Commerce
The pandemic just accelerated the 86-year-old brand’s move to close stores and focus on e-commerce and digital marketing.
By: Lydia Dishman

Doorkee Disrupts Real Estate Industry With Its Peer-to-Peer Model
The New York City-based real estate startup eyes expansion of its peer-to-peer model into major U.S. markets, taking on players like Zillow and Apartments.com.
By: Mark Hamstra

How the Pandemic Will Influence Future Consumer Spending
The pandemic has made wellness and conscious capitalism related trends that will inform what we buy in four critical ways, says futurist Emma Chiu, global director of Wunderman Thompson Intelligence.
By: Barbara Thau

Schnucks Utilizes Technology to Meet Demand for Locally Sourced Food
As consumer demand for locally sourced food grows amid the pandemic, the supermarket chain is leveraging a digital market to bring produce from small farmers to its stores.
By: Mark Hamstra

Permanent Changes to Small Businesses Resulting From COVID-19 [Interview]
Five small business owners discuss ways their businesses have pivoted in the face of COVID-19 and how many of those changes are here to stay.
By: Andrea Forstadt

Fidelity and Impax Discuss Growing ESG Investment Trend [Interview]
ESG funds — investments based on environmental, social and corporate governance goals — are continuing to grow during the pandemic.
By: Joan Verdon

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