Segments From This Episode

• What happens to the at-home economy when the pandemic ends?

  by Marielle Segarra

  

  For consumers who’ve been looking at the same walls since the pandemic started, a new coat of paint may be worth more than travel.

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• Shortage of semiconductors is a security risk, and what the U.S. can do about it

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Semiconductors are in almost everything, including military equipment, and we don’t have enough of them.

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• Chipotle’s CEO on eating, hiring and corporate responsibility

  by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

  

  “I think companies need to be accountable,” says Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol.

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• Plan for a soccer superleague is kicked to the curb

  by Jasmine Garsd

  

  A proposed superleague of Europe’s biggest soccer teams crumbled within 48 hours, after immediate, blistering outrage from fans.

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• Direct-to-consumer models key to post-pandemic future for many British businesses

  by Victoria Craig

  

  Across Europe, e-grocery is booming. Companies that successfully pivoted want to hold onto this new slice of business.

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• Businesses that have survived the pandemic are spending. On themselves.

  by Justin Ho

  

  Many businesses are pumping money into much-needed improvements, and that spending is rippling through the economy.

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