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Impact of COVID-19 on FMCG Sector, a global perspective

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COVID-19 has imposed several challenges on the FMCG and Retail sector across the world - social distancing measures in factories, changing consumer behaviour, loss of sales at important spots like vending machines, school cafeterias, workplace, etc can have a long term impact on the sector. Different markets are likely to behave in different ways given where they are in the cycle of the COVID-19 impact. Harit Kapoor, FMCG Analyst spoke with Alicia Forry (European Consumer Staples Analyst), Kate Calvert (Retail Analyst) and Ben Hunt (Retail Analyst) to understand the near and medium term impact on FMCG and Retail witnessed globally.
28 May 2020 English South Africa Business · Investing

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