SMBs Owned By Women, Minorities Continue to Be Hit Harder By the Pandemic Meta released the March 2022 edition of its Global State of Small Business report, examining the effects of the pandemic on small and midsized businesses in the U.S. and worldwide. The latest installment contains insights from a January survey of 23,840 SMB
Adweek Staffers Share Their Favorite Stories of 2021 The thing about news is it happens all the time, every day. That can blur weeks into months and months into holy crap, it's somehow the end of another year. So I asked Adweek's reporters and editors to take a moment and take stock of all their
Our Covid-19 Obsession With Cleanliness Is Here to Stay, Survey Finds Nearly one year ago, Procter & Gamble's CEO John Moeller told analysts during an earnings call that consumers will likely have a "forever-altered" obsession with health, hygiene and cleaning due to the pandemic. So far, evidence is proving him right. Recent survey results from
Facebook Expands Availability of Local Alerts in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic Facebook is expanding access to its local alerts feature to more municipal governments, state and local emergency response organizations and law enforcement agencies in order to help them share timely and accurate information in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The social network
Trump Bans European Travel to U.S. Amid Coronavirus Pandemic In a rare prime-time Oval Office address, President Trump announced the U.S. is suspending air travel from Europe to the United States due to concerns around the spread of the coronavirus. The suspension of passenger travel, which will go into effect Friday at midnight, will last
Nextdoor Enables Local Public Agencies to Bring Relevant Coronavirus Information to Their Areas Neighborhood social network Nextdoor shared ways that local public agencies can deliver information related to the coronavirus pandemic on a hyper-local basis. Nextdoor said it has been "in ongoing contact" with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health
Cannes Lions, Still on for June, Secures Backup Dates in October The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the advertising world's most high-profile event, announced today it has secured a contingency plan to move from June to October in the event that COVID-19's spread has not been adequately contained. The festival says it will decide
Companies Might Send Millions of Employees to Work From Home. Is That Such a Bad Thing? With the number of coronavirus cases multiplying by the day, the media is overflowing with coverage of the epidemic, especially the toll it's now taking on the economy. The virus has already had a demonstrable impact on business, from
Instagram’s Coronavirus Efforts Mirror Those of Parent Company Facebook Instagram detailed its efforts to keep its users safe and informed with regard to the coronavirus, which basically mirror those of parent company Facebook. We're working to keep the Instagram community safe and informed on COVID-19. Here's an update on some of the changes we've made
Google Updates Its Coronavirus Efforts Both Inside and Outside of the Company Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai detailed the company's efforts to deal with the coronavirus in a blog post Friday, based on an email he sent to employees earlier in the day. The company established a 24-hour incident-response team to stay in sync
