Segments From This Episode

• Home-improvement stores thrive as residents take on projects

  by Erika Beras

  

  Home Depot reported a 6% increase in sales and True Value says paint sales are up more than 20% as Americans use lockdown to clean up, paint up, and fix up.

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• Some big companies seek breaks on rent

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  Commercial leases are typically hard to break, but many landlords are willing to defer or discount rent right now

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• As cities move to cap delivery app fees, some restaurants worry

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  Some fear the apps will pass fees on to consumers, who might balk.

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• Reshoring gets new attention during COVID-19

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  As the coronavirus has exposed weaknesses in supply chains, efforts are renewed to bring manufacturing back to the United States.

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• Hollywood’s mostly shut down. Except for animation.

  by Jasmine Garsd

  

  No need for actors to socially distance when they can record from home.

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• Working remotely is a cost-cutting reality for oil and gas companies amid COVID-19

  by Andy Uhler

  

  Oil companies raced to digitize during the last downturn. COVID-19 is pushing the industry to embrace remote working technology even more.

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• It’s suddenly a great time to be in the meal-kit business

  by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal

  

  “Our volume has increased by about 100% over the past eight weeks,” Purple Carrot CEO Andy Levitt says.

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