Apr 24, 2020

Face masks become a lifeline for retailers

Textile companies are pivoting to cloth masks during the pandemic. Kena Betancur/Getty Images

Plus: that Congressional Budget Office report about how bad things will get, what happens when bodegas close down and love in the time of coronavirus.

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COVID-19

Thanks to COVID-19, there's a new category in retail: the cloth face mask

by Marielle Segarra

Apr 24, 2020

The cloth face mask has become a chance to make a fashion statement.

Cloth face masks have become a chance to make a fashion statement in the time of COVID-19.

Jens Schlueter/Getty Images

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COVID-19

Car shoppers are waiting, but still want to buy in 2020

by Jack Stewart

Apr 24, 2020

Researchers are trying to figure out what impact COVID-19 will have on auto purchases.

A Tesla dealership in New York. The electric vehicle maker will report quarterly results next week.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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COVID-19

In some NY communities hard hit by COVID-19, bodegas are lifelines

by Jasmine Garsd

Apr 24, 2020

Some neighborhoods depend on them as main suppliers of essential goods. Hundreds have had to close because of the coronavirus.

One of hundreds of bodegas in New York City closed by COVID-19.

Photo courtesy Francisco Marte

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Music from the episode

No Helmet Up Indianola RJD2

Someone Great LCD Soundsystem

Lovely You Monster Rally

Redbone Childish Gambino

Undercover Sad Puppy

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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