COVID-19 Accelerates Cycle of Paid Entertainment Subscriptions and Cancellations
U.S. consumers had an average of 12 paid media and entertainment subscriptions pre-COVID-19.
Eighty percent of U.S. consumers now subscribe to a paid streaming video...
Sustained Reforms Crucial for Mongolia’s Long-Term Growth
Mongolia can build a more inclusive and sustainable economy by improving macroeconomic management, strengthening human development, increasing international trade, and diversifying the economy by...
Shift in Consumer Behaviour Spotlights Growing Cybersecurity Concerns
The rapid increase in cyberattacks and pressures escalating from the abrupt step change to digital prompted by COVID-19 have shifted consumer behaviour. The findings...
Nigeria’s Economy Faces Worst Recession in Four Decades
The collapse in oil prices coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to plunge the Nigerian economy into a severe economic recession, the worst...
Myanmar’s Economy Severely Impacted by COVID-19
The global COVID-19 pandemic is dealing a severe blow to Myanmar’s economy. Economic growth in a baseline scenario is projected to drop from 6.8...
Zambia Has Good Foundation to Use Digital Tools for Economic Transformation
The Zambia Digital Economy Diagnostic, a new report developed by the World Bank, finds that Zambia is making significant strides towards the use of...
The Great Compression: Implications of COVID-19 for the US Shale Industry
Fifteen-year U.S. shale boom entering period of “great compression.”
Vulnerable shale operators hit hard by COVID-19, and heightening oil price volatility.
Looming $300 billion of impairments...
Women’s Economic Activity in the Mashreq Countries Would Boost Growth and Prosperity
Women’s labor force participation in the Mashreq countries remains among the lowest in the world and is likely to be exacerbated by the COVID-19...
Consumers and business concerned about plastic waste but expect governments to do more
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Food Industry Asia (FIA) today released a regional survey of consumers and food and beverage businesses across...
7 Trends Impacting the Retail and Consumer Products Industries Amid a Global Pandemic and Beyond
As of April 2020, eCommerce year-over-year growth was up 68%, surpassing 40% of total retail sales.
Convenience continues to reign supreme as more than half...