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Disinfecting wipes. Face masks. Instructional resources. Advertising. Infertility services. Restaurants. E-commerce packaging. Travel credit cards. COVID-19 is impacting a vast array of industries big and small, some obvious, others less so.

Our analysts are hard at work updating industry forecasts and providing up-to-the-minute market insights during this tumultuous time. See our latest headlines in this week's wrap-up.

The $6 billion fertility clinics and infertility services industry in the United States had been booming through 2019, thanks to growing demand from American couples that have delayed childbearing, more widespread acceptance of fertility treatment and usage by gay couples, improved success rates, a strong economy, and significant demand from medical tourists from Europe and China.

The Freedonia Group recently shared a video featuring Tom Bowne, Freedonia’s long-time chief economist, who discusses the challenges of market forecasting during the COVID-19 crisis. Sign up to watch the 14-minute video or read the full transcript below to learn noteworthy effects of the pandemic on the economy and tips for how to think through available data.

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Not surprisingly, COVID-19 remains a dominant theme across industry categories, impacting everything from DIY home improvement trends to food gifting and more.

The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, also known as COVID-19, has now become a pandemic, leaving all healthcare institutions and government officials baffled, and researchers and scientists on high alert.

There’s no question the economic fallout from COVID-19 has been severe, and the impact continues to mount across the world. Daily news headlines are full of tragic stories and dire predictions, but are there any relative bright spots in the market during this gloomy period?

See the latest blog posts and press releases from our market research publishers covering a wide range of markets from payments to plastics to pets.

Also featured in this week's post — news articles citing our research from Forbes and many other outlets.

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