Pandenomics®

The impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on consumer and merchant behavior and the shift to a digital-first world. Pandenomics® is a research and analytic framework for measuring the shift away from the physical world to a digital-first experience and for profiling the characteristics of these digital shifters as consumers place an increasing priority on preserving their health and safety as a result of COVID-19, and that of their family and loved ones, on the decisions they make about doing business in the physical world.

IRS Finds Most ERC Claims Have Unacceptable Levels of Risk
IRS Finds Most ERC Claims Have Unacceptable Levels of Risk
June 20, 2024  |  Pandenomics

The IRS plans to deny tens of thousands “improper high-risk” Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims amounting to billions of dollars. This decision follows a review of...

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Data Shows eComm Got Permanent Boost From Pandemic
Data Shows eComm Got Permanent Boost From Pandemic
November 21, 2022  |  eCommerce

Shopping online is so 2019. Such is the claim of analysts and pundits who point to the consumer’s return to the brick-and-mortar store as evidence...

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Three Years Later, COVID-19 Still Threatens to Disrupt Work, Summer Plans
Three Years Later, COVID-19 Still Threatens to Disrupt Work, Summer Plans
June 16, 2022  |  Coronavirus

The continued presence of COVID-19 is disrupting what could’ve been a summer of renewed confidence in going out, a report from The Wall Street Journal...

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Revised Census Data Shows eCommerce Share Didn’t Plummet After All
Revised Census Data Shows eCommerce Share Didn’t Plummet After All
May 23, 2022  |  eCommerce

In 1986, Former President Ronald Regan said that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m from the government, and I’m here...

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With Luxe Nesting Niceties, D2C Model Moves Into the Market for Patio Furniture
With Luxe Nesting Niceties, D2C Model Moves Into the Market for Patio Furniture
April 07, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Do a web search for outdoor furniture and you may doubt the entire outdoors could hold such a record array of patio furnishings to help...

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Gallup: Fewer Americans Flew in 2021 Than Any Year Between 2003 and 2015
Gallup: Fewer Americans Flew in 2021 Than Any Year Between 2003 and 2015
January 07, 2022  |  Travel Payments

The friendly skies saw fewer American flyers in 2021 than in any year between 2003 and 2015, according to a Gallup report Thursday (Jan. 6)...

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Goldman: COVID Surge Could Reduce 2022 Demand for Elective Medical Procedures
Goldman: COVID Surge Could Reduce 2022 Demand for Elective Medical Procedures
December 26, 2021  |  Healthcare

With the pandemic ongoing, Goldman Sachs analysts are saying that the recovery in hospital procedure volumes and rebound in MedTech procedures could be delayed, a...

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The 21 Months That Changed the World and Ignited the Great Digital Shift
The 21 Months That Changed the World and Ignited the Great Digital Shift
December 24, 2021  |  Pandenomics

Transport yourself back to April 2020. A national emergency had been declared on March 11, and the lockdowns started soon afterward. Employees in the millions...

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Is the ‘Great Resignation’ a Myth or Reality?
Is the ‘Great Resignation’ a Myth or Reality?
December 05, 2021  |  Personnel

While much has been made of “the great resignation,” or the phenomenon this year of workers everywhere quitting their jobs en masse, a piece from...

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