A team of experts at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has observed an increase in the number of users of e-commerce services during the COVID-19 pandemic and compiled a series of recommendations on building a regulatory framework to promote further digitalization in the retail sector.
Published weekly, the COVID-19 Consumer Sentiment Snapshot highlights information drawn from a BCG consumer survey that we execute approximately every two weeks with our coding and sampling partner, Dynata, in an effort to understand consumer perceptions, attitudes, and behavior and spending changes related to COVID-19 as they evolve. This snapshot presents insights from research completed in the US market from March 6 to March 9, prior to a number of major COVID-19-related events, including the US government’s restriction of air travel from Europe, the UK, and Ireland to the US and the halting of most major professional sports league play (including NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, and the US national soccer teams).
The Roscongress Foundation experts prepared a study on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has on the African continent. The study addresses just how the active spread of the coronavirus is changing the contours of the African socio-political context.
The events of the past 18 months have completely reshaped the world. In an instant, the spread of a terrible disease has cast light on the true state of healthcare systems around the world. It has also been a stress test on countries’ financial systems. Russia has weathered the storm and has endured minimal damage in comparison to the biggest global economies.
On the threshold of the XI Eurasian Economic Forum in Verona, the banking group Intesa Sanpaolo prepared a report describing the current internal and external links in trade, investment, and geopolitics of the EAEU and giving a detailed analysis of the trade relations between Italy and the EAEU in the current global context.
