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global pandemic research McKinsey

McKinsey: Global consumer sentiment – Situation “normal”, whatever that is

McKinsey’s new research report, with insight on shifting consumer sentiment over a five-week timeframe of the global pandemic in 42 countries is an eye-opener. Researchers gauged consumer sentiment ...
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e-commerce is growing in the post-pandemic world

Consumer purchase and fraud trends shift with reopening

Fraud prevention and payments leader Forter is closely monitoring the buying trends of consumers and the incidence of fraud during the pandemic and looking ahead to the future. ...
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post-pandemic retail future

April US retail sales worst on record: What are consumers planning next?

US Department of Commerce statistics showed a worst-ever record 9% decrease in April 2020 US retail sales as COVID-19 stay-at-home orders hit the retail sector hard. One small ...
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Mother's Day e-commerce

Mother’s Day, beauty, nesting, & other e-commerce spending insights

Global fraud prevention company Forter is tracking weekly online spending and the results during the COVID-19 crisis have proved fascinating. Based on Forter data tracking in the past ...
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Stay home. Save lives.

Which businesses are thriving during COVID-19?

While most US small businesses are shut down, unable to operate online, and facing possible permanent closures, some companies have seen dramatic sales growth during the coronavirus pandemic. ...
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Global payments news roundup: April 19

The week raced by with payments, fintech and e-commerce news from around the world mostly revolving around coronavirus with some interesting standouts in addition. Here are the key ...
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coronavirus philanthropy

Companies doing GOOD during coronavirus pandemic

It’s a sad reality that so many businesses have closed, laid-off employees, seen massive revenue decreases, and suffered other harsh impacts from the coronavirus pandemic. Many businesses have ...
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coronavirus global impact

Retail wrestles with COVID-19 around the world

Other than hospitals, no one is harder hit than retailers around the world and online. Merchants face growing challenges with their supply chain, overwhelming consumer demand or lack ...
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Coronavirus provides Chris is coming danger, and opportunity

3 weeks later, COVID-19 is no longer a “Chinese virus”

While US payments, fintech, and e-commerce are our focus, we tend to look globally for insight and business intelligence. Six weeks ago we took an early look at ...
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coronavirus impact on business

A terrible case of coronavirus impact on global business

We’ve got our usual Friday weekly roundup of global payments news. The theme this week is COVID-19 and it’s growing impact on business evident in the lineup of ...
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