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A disciplined cadence combined with new skills and behaviors will help the sales team maintain revenues and emerge from the Covid-19 crisis stronger. The Covid-19 pandemic now has touched billions of people through the downstream employment and economic consequences of the health crisis. In business-to-business (B2B) markets, relationships with customers and employees are being put […]

Stocks traded at record highs in February, but collapsed into a bear market at record speed as the pandemic intensified. Now, the Federal Reserve has pledged trillions of dollars in monetary stimulus and backstops to cushion the economy and keep financial markets functioning, while governments have responded with relief efforts. The scope of the response

On a monthly basis, retail sales decreased 8.7 percent from February to March (seasonally adjusted), and sales were down 6.2 percent from March 2019. Retail spending is in a free fall — nosediving a record 8.7% last month — as more companies continue to furlough workers and stores, malls and restaurants remain shuttered across the

Brief  Publicly available tools help companies spot patterns in one country or region that will likely repeat elsewhere. At a Glance √  Copious data from search engines and ad platforms can help marketers navigate a wise course during and after the pandemic. √  Google Trends data showing demand for product categories in countries where the

Oil prices were down over the last week with WTI futures at $22.61 per barrel and Brent at $31.30 barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $64, and Brent was at $72, so oil prices are down about 60% year-over-year. Here is a graph from Gasbuddy.com for nationwide gasoline prices. Nationally, prices are at $1.83

These indicators are for travel and entertainment — some of the sectors that will probably recover very slowly, post COVID-19. Air Travel The TSA is providing daily travel numbers. This data shows the daily total traveler throughput (from TSA) for 2019 (Blue) and 2020 (Red). On April 11th there were 93,645 travelers compared to 2,059,142