The document identifies 5 industries and companies within those industries that are thriving during the COVID-19 pandemic: pharmaceuticals, streaming, grocery, delivery, and unified communications. Within pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Gilead, and Teva are highlighted. For streaming, Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu are called out. Walmart, Kroger, and Whole Foods are provided as examples within grocery. Papa John's, Grubhub, and Domino's are mentioned for delivery. And Zoom, Slack, and Microsoft/Skype are provided for unified communications.
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The global pharmaceuticals
market will reach $1170
billion in 2021, growing at
5.8%, according to a recent
pharma market research
report.
- Business Research
Company
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7. Pfizer reaches deal with BioNTech to develop experimental
vaccine outside of China.
PHARMACEUTICALS
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Albert Bourla, CEO, Pfizer
8. Gilead completed $4.9B
acquisition of FortySeven,
adding acute myeloid leukemia
drug to quiver.
PHARMACEUTICALS
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Daniel O'Day, CEO, Gilead
9. Teva Pharmaceutical donating
6M+ doses of malaria drug.
The company is considering
additional production of the
drug.
PHARMACEUTICALS
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Kåre Schultz, CEO, TEVA
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Time spent on streaming
platforms grew by 34
percent over two weeks at
the beginning of March, with
collective usage going from
116.4 billion minutes the
week of March 2 to 156.1
billion
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12. Netflix tops streaming charts as
customers up demand.
Netflix's library and
recommendation algorithm
provides competitive
advantage.
STREAMING
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Reed Hastings, CEO, Netflix
13. Disney+ sees subscription
spike as audiences clamor
for content.
Number of Disney+ signups
tripled compared to same
period from prior week.
STREAMING
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Bob Chapek, CEO, Disney
14. Hulu has seen an 8%
increase in search traffic.
Hulu took 10% of streaming
time for highest amount of
minutes spent streaming in
march.
STREAMING
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Jason Kilar, CEO, Hulu
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And with self-isolated shoppers
flocking to eCommerce to fulfill
their shopping needs, we’ve seen
a rapid increase in online
shopping account registrations of
1,200% and in mobile app
downloads of 300% from the
previous month.
- Sylvain Perrier, President &
CEO, Mercatus
17. Walmart makes run to all-
time highs amid market
plunge.
The retailer, benefiting from
Americans stocking up on
products.
GROCERY
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Doug McMillon, CEO, Walmart
18. Kroger experienced 30 percent
nationwide surge in sales over
March.
Sales across physical retail
stores and digital channels
experienced uplift.
GROCERY
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Rodney McMullen, CEO,
Kroger
19. Amazon's Whole Foods grocery
delivery is overwhelmed by
demand.
GROCERY
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John Mackey, CEO,
WholeFoods
21. “
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Although March sales in North
America were negatively impacted
by the cancellation of large
gatherings, including major sporting
events, our international and
domestic businesses have
performed well, as customers and
communities rely on us and others
in the food delivery industry,"
- Rob Lynch, CEO, Papa John’s
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22. Papa John's same-stores
sales are up 5.3% through 3-
months ending March 29.
International and domestic
businesses have performed
well.
DELIVERY
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Rob Lynch, CEO, Papa John’s
23. Grubhub commits $30M to
support restaurants.
Grubhub collaborating with
Verizon Business to deliver
meals to healthcare
workers.
DELIVERY
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Matt Maloney, CEO, Grubhub
24. Domino’s estimates sales
growth of 1.6%.
Global retail sales have
risen by 4.4% during same
period.
DELIVERY
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Richard E. Allison Jr., CEO,
Domino's
26. “
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These companies [Zoom &
Slack] shelled out $45 million
collectively in the first quarter
of 2020, nearly three times
more than any quarter in 2019
- Todd Krizelman, CEO,
MediaRadar
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27. Zoom has gained 135%
through March, which
brought millions of users.
UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS
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Eric Yuan, CEO, ZOOM
28. Slack has added 9,000 new
paid customers since the
beginning of February.
UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS
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Stewart Butterfield, CEO, Slack
29. Skype releases new feature
grabbing competitive
advantage.
UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS
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Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft
Overseeing Skype
30. FOCUS ON WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL.
AVOID PANIC. DON’T STOP SELLING.
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