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Quibi cannot blame COVID-19 for all its woes, says GlobalData

Following the recent news that Quibi’s co-founder, Jeffrey Katzenburg, has put its faltering start solely down to COVID-19; Danyaal Rashid, Thematic Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on the challenge COVID-19 poses to Quibi: “Quibi has undoubtedly been hurt by COVID-19. The platform is tailored to commuters and ‘on-the-go’ […]
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Fitbit’s suitability to detect COVID-19 symptoms uncertain

Fitbit has been collaborating with The Scripps Research Institute and Stanford Medicine on research aimed at using Fitbit data to help detect, track and contain infectious diseases like COVID-19. However, Fitbit’s fitness tools are not accurate enough to detect COVID-19 symptoms, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Shabnam Pervez, analyst at Thematic Research, […]
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Interest in esports is booming amid COVID-19, says GlobalData

Esports is the fastest growing theme in the gaming sector. These organized multiplayer video game competitions have enjoyed spectacular growth over the last decade, with thousands of fans filling stadiums to watch live events and millions following them on streaming platforms. Although esports currently caters to a niche audience – almost 10% of the global […]
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COVID-19 may trigger renewed anti-trust scrutiny of Amazon

COVID-19 has highlighted Amazon’s crucial role in delivering critical supplies, but it has also brought attention to ecommerce giant’s competitive conduct into the spotlight, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. It has been claimed that Amazon’s algorithms were favouring certain own-brand products over those from third-party sellers, Laura Petrone, Senior Analyst at GlobalData, […]
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Nintendo will struggle to escape COVID-19 woes, says GlobalData

Following today’s earnings results for Nintendo; Rupantar Guha, Senior Analyst for Thematic Research at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “While Nintendo’s results for the three months to the end of March were good, its outlook is uncertain because of delays to software development and console production. This uncertainty is reflected […]
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