Coronavirus: curse of the ‘Bat Woman’ — what went on in Wuhan lab? As America puts the screws on Beijing, there is closer scrutiny of claims that the coronavirus leaked from a research center. https://bit.ly/2KoQiEZ
Coronavirus lockdown in Sweden: a new take on safe shopping — no assistants: In a hamlet a few miles from the medieval Swedish town of Uppsala, the local shop, Lifvs, sits among fir forests and open fields. Inside are neat shelves stacked with avocados, oat milk, chicken breasts and pickled herring. There is no shopkeeper. Instead, locals in this bucolic hideaway download a mobile app that opens the shop door and allows them to scan products, paying for them online. The shop is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Initially designed to provide a retail option for people living in remote areas, the 14 Lifvs shops across Sweden have, as the coronavirus spreads through the country, become a lifeline for older people who want to stock up while staying socially distant. https://bit.ly/3cAfjJk
Carl Benedikt Frey: COVID-19 will only increase automation anxiety: Consumers may prefer automated services to face-to-face interactions for some time to come.
Consumer Brands Association: To those making the products that make a difference, thank you (video) https://bit.ly/2yvoNXF
Shawn Donnan: America needs real-time economic data to get through this crisis: The country has put its faith in statistics. But the numbers are failing it this time. https://bloom.bg/3bsAmh5
Neuro-Insight’s CEO on how marketers should step up during the coronavirus pandemic https://bit.ly/2zkztZP
“In terms of what (marketers) need to be doing, I think their biggest responsibility is to understand how people are feeling right now and actually give them that and not try to serve them their brand,” Yadav tells The Drum.
