Welcome to Marketplace’s daily, at-a-glance update. Like you, we're overloaded with info on COVID-19 developments. So here’s our effort to track a few critical numbers on the pandemic and the broader economy.
Keep in mind: The tally of COVID-19 cases represents only the ones that are documented. Since many remain untested, surely the real number is higher.
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Quite a lot has been going on:
Coronavirus Brought Back Flaws in Amazon Marketplace - Marketplace Pulse
Thousands of new sellers have joined the Amazon marketplace to disappoint shoppers looking for face masks, hand sanitizers, and other essential items. Tens of thousands of negative seller reviews are flooding in as shoppers complain about price gauging, low quality, canceled orders, and not receiving orders after weeks of waiting.
Most of the sellers receiving those negative reviews have only joined the marketplace recently, attracted by the explosive increase in demand for essential items over the last few weeks. Amazon is suspending these sellers as they notice issues; however, it is doing so too slow to avoid shopper disappointment. Because of the high demand for face masks and hand sanitizers, and the fact that they are out of stock on Amazon, new sellers receive orders the minute they can list them.
Marketplace Foods adjusting procedures, hours amid COVID-19
MINOT, N.D. – One of Minot's major grocery chains is adjusting hours to provide time for employees to clean and stock, and to give high-risk customers time to shop.
As of Thursday, Marketplace is changing its store hours from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., according to a post on its Facebook page.
They are prioritizing shopping in the first hour of the day, 6-7 a.m., for high risk customers such as the elderly, women who are pregnant, and immunocompromised individuals, as well as first responders and medical personnel. They are kindly asking other customers to shop after that time.
All California residents ordered to "stay at home" - Marketplace
California is taking the most significant step anywhere in the country to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is ordering all California residents to stay at home or at their place of residence until further notice. Some businesses can stay open, and Californians can still leave to get things like food and health care.
Kimberly Adams : Those that haven't already shut down in-person operations are going to be scrambling to wind down. The San Francisco Bay Area already had similar measures in place, so there is some precedent for what this will look like. But now we are talking about the whole state, and whether a business keeps its doors open comes down to whether it's considered “essential.”
While you're here, how about this:
How zombie apocalypse writer Max Brooks views the COVID-19 crisis - Marketplace
Earlier this week, author Max Brooks posted a Twitter video featuring his father, Mel Brooks, that encouraged social distancing. Brooks, author of “The Zombie Survival Guide” and “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War,” sees his books as “how-to guides” rather than in the genre of horror or comedy. He joined “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal to discuss the relevance of his work today.
“I wasn’t really trying to predict the future so much as drawing on the past,” Brooks explained. “‘World War Z’ was really based on SARS.”
Shopping in a pandemic: "Everything is gone but gluten-free pasta." - Marketplace
One part of the economy that’s not slowing down with the COVID-19 outbreak is the grocery business. With long lines weaving around empty shelves, we asked some loyal “Marketplace” listeners about what they saw at the grocery store this week.
Some saved money by buying in bulk from local butcher shops. Others had to get higher-priced organic and specialty items … that’s all that was left.
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Indigo Marketplace: A Different Approach To Crop Marketing – KIWARadio.com
(IARN) — Indigo Ag strives to "improve grower profitability, environmental sustainability, and consumer health through use of natural microbiology and digital technologies."
An employee speaks to a suite of tools, which ensures farmers are fairly compensated for regenerative agriculture practices.
Indigo Marketplace provides "a transparent and efficient supply chain by directly connecting growers with buyers," reports Heather Gieske, director of North America grain marketing.
Nasdaq CEO says the markets are working well - Marketplace
As of Thursday’s close, the Nasdaq composite, one of the three most-followed stock indexes in U.S. markets, has dropped almost 30% since February. “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal spoke with Adena Friedman, president and CEO of Nasdaq, about whether the markets are functioning properly.
“The plumbing of the markets are working very, very well,” Friedman said. “Of course, people are finding that there are a lot of stresses in the system. There’s a lot of volatility in the markets. But the markets are handling it well.”
Happening on Twitter
I'm so glad that someone is finally showing what exponential growth means for us 10 days from today. Let's remember… https://t.co/1v0RACbw7A Ms_ZamaNdlovu (from Johannesburg, South Africa) Thu Mar 19 17:29:26 +0000 2020
Kerala has 12 new cases today. Spike in numbers. This includes the five UK tourists we reported on earlier. 6 new c… https://t.co/7IppPf0Goa dhanyarajendran (from bengaluru, india) Fri Mar 20 13:44:37 +0000 2020
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