Amazon set another record-setting quarter amid a pandemic that has driven consumers online, while it hired more employees to staff its fulfillment network. In retail, a spike in coronavirus cases is adding fuel to the digital-first economy as merchants and restaurants have upped their game instead of being caught flat-footed as they were at the beginning of the pandemic. And consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands are continuing their push toward direct-to-consumer sales as brands such as Colgate-Palmolive have made news in the space. All this, Today in Data.
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