OPINION/EDITORIAL

Pandemic’s E-commerce Surge Proves Less Persistent, More Varied

(Photo: simonkr/iStock by Getty Images) March 17, 2022/IMFBlog By Joel Alcedo, Alberto Cavallo, Bricklin Dwyer, Prachi Mishra, and Antonio Spilimbergo Spikes in the share of online spending are dissipating overall, but there’s significant variation by industry There’s no doubt that e-commerce helped many navigate the pandemic, from online shopping to […]

Russia-Ukraine Conflict Causes a Storm Across Commodity Markets

March 17, 2022 By S & P Global  Ratings   S&P Global Ratings believes that there’s a wide range of channels through which the conflict in Ukraine may affect emerging markets (EMs), according to its report published today, titled “Emerging Markets Monthly Highlights: Russia-Ukraine Conflict Causes A Storm Across Commodity […]

Digital Incumbents Fight Back

March 17, 2022/Edelman New BCG Research Shows That 30% of S&P Global 1200 Companies Are Successfully Executing Digital Transformations and Building the Disruptive Capabilities to Compete with Digital Natives A new cadre of companies—traditional businesses that are successfully executing digital transformations—are outperforming their peers and shaping up to compete with […]