Social Distancing news and trends

Thanksgiving 2020: Tough Times and A Cheaper Turkey Dinner
In Depth // November 26, 2020

Thanksgiving is America’s most traditional holiday as, for generations, families have sat around the table to a turkey dinner with all the trimmings. And though there is some variety of opinions on what constitutes the correct, traditional trimmings line-up — mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing and...

Restaurants Get Ready For An Uncertain Holiday Season
Restaurant innovation // September 23, 2020

The pandemic has been fundamentally disruptive for restaurants, requiring rapid pivots — mostly on the fly. Such has been the case for Boston wine bar haley.henry, an eatery known for small plates, tinned fish and all-natural, small-batch wines shipped from all over the world. When...

Camping’s Pandemic-Inspired Renaissance
Travel Payments // August 28, 2020

For the non-expert, going camping can be a bit of an intimidating activity. Where to camp, what to pack and how to prepare can seem easy if one already knows what they’re doing — and hard to figure out when one doesn’t. It’s a situation...

Fauci Encourages Return Of Sports, With Caution
Coronavirus // July 26, 2020

There’s no question Dr. Anthony Fauci’s first pitch at the Washington Nationals’ season opener Thursday night against the New York Yankees was wild. But the nation’s leading authority on infectious diseases hit a grand slam in early March when he predicted COVID-19 was a serious...

Interviews & Exclusives
Restaurants Get Ready For An Uncertain Holiday Season

September 23, 2020
The pandemic has been fundamentally disruptive for restaurants, requiring rapid pivots — mostly on the fly. Such has been the case for Boston wine bar haley.henry, an eatery known for small plates, tinned fish and all-natural, small-batch wines shipped from all over the world. When the pandemic hit, there wasn’t much at first for the […]

Camping’s Pandemic-Inspired Renaissance

August 28, 2020
For the non-expert, going camping can be a bit of an intimidating activity. Where to camp, what to pack and how to prepare can seem easy if one already knows...

How ‘Self-Touring’ And Digital Lockboxes Can Change Real Estate Rentals

June 26, 2020
The pandemic has the potential to change the way any number of business verticals operate — especially industries like real estate, which typically have been based on in-person meetings and...

Should Las Vegas Bet On Consumers Returning to Casinos?

June 03, 2020
Las Vegas casinos shut their doors in mid-March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, sending Nevada’s unemployment rate to a worst-in-the-nation 28.2 percent (nearly twice the U.S. average). And although...

Quick Reads
Social Distancing Still Keeping 3M Americans out of Work

October 28, 2022
COVID changed everything. From consumption patterns to communication standards, the idea that changes resulting from the events of 2020 and 2021 would disappear as soon as a vaccine was developed has been proven drastically shortsighted. For example, with the U.S.’s great post-pandemic reopening now well underway, recent research shows that many people have no intention […]

Fauci Encourages Return Of Sports, With Caution

July 26, 2020
There’s no question Dr. Anthony Fauci’s first pitch at the Washington Nationals’ season opener Thursday night against the New York Yankees was wild. But the nation’s leading authority on infectious...

New York Threatens NYC Restaurant Closures As State Prepares For Second Outbreak

July 16, 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is threatening to close down restaurants that are not following social distancing rules to stem the coronavirus, CNBC reports. Cuomo, during a conference call on...

Consumer Mobile App Use Increased 40 Pct During Lockdown

July 09, 2020
The pandemic saw an all-time high record of mobile app usage, according to market data from App Annie. The monthly time spent on apps rose 40 percent year over year...