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Amazon Care has partnered with the Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network (SCAN) to study how the coronavirus spreads among different demographic groups. The e-commerce giant intends to deliver diagnostic tests to individuals who either feel sick or are asymptomatic. These tests are later picked up and if COVID is detected the patient will receive a call.
Read MoreBlind Pig sales representative Michael Heldebrandt is wearing a dinosaur costume to stay safe while he delivers alcohol. After realising that people enjoy seeing him wear it he has gained tremendous popularity.
Read MoreShop Safe enables people to inform others about the crowds in their local stores during COVID. How busy is it? And what is still available? In this way, people will know better where to go and when.
Read MoreThis Vermont deli is selling bread to its local hospital and working employees. It is also selling raw ingredients that can be delivered, encouraging people to cook at home.
Read MoreThis shop has a clear wall that separates the inventory section from the clients, to permit interaction there is a phone which allows the clerk and customer to communicate. Sterilised pens are used to sign receipts and the clerk places the purchased item on an isolated table.
Read MoreJD.com and the Chinese music label Taihe Music Group are partnering with major alcohol brands to offer online clubbing experiences during which viewers can buy imported liquor brands directly from the stream.
Read MoreJayde Powell, a student at the University of Nevada, has launched "Shopping Angels" to connect volunteers who can buy groceries with elderly people in need. There are no delivery fees nor any extra costs for the elderly. Food companies have now even started donating their food to the network.
Read MoreThe COVID Shopping list generator helps people to avoid panic buying by generating a rational shopping list based on the length of stay, the number of people at home and the preferred diet.
Read MoreE-commerce platforms in China are pivoting to online travel tours to famous tourist sites around the world including marketplaces for souvenirs. The virtual tours are booming: On March 1, over 1 million people visited the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, - virtually!
Read MoreVolunteers of Meals-on-Wheels are now delivering four-packs of toilet paper along with meals to elderly people in partnership with Woolworths. The organisations started offering this service due to the increase of panic buying that has left many unable to buy basic supplies.
Read MoreThe WHF Care Package includes candy bars, premium coffee, a notebook and pen or a book of logic games to boost the moral of employees. A part of the revenue will go to supporting non-profits trying to reduce the impacts of COVID.
Read MoreThis app enables people to find their nearest bookstore where they can organise pick-ups and deliveries for the purchase of gift cards and books with a quarantine discount.
Read MoreUsing its shop windows to promote hand-washing guidelines and luring in people with messages so they do wash their hands, Lush is helping people across the UK to tackle COVID.
Read MoreWoolworths will open exclusively for the elderly and disabled from 7am until 8am, Tuesday to Friday. These dedicated shopping hours are meant to help these groups to avoid panic buying.
Read MoreThe delivery app Meituan Dianping has started deploying autonomous vehicles to send grocery orders to customers in one Beijing district. Other Chinese e-commerce companies like JD.com have announced the use of robots to deliver medical supplies to hospitals and groceries to communities in Wuhan.
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