How Retail Workers Are Faring And How To Support Small Business During The Epidemic

By Alina Selyukh

Published March 27, 2020 at 8:33 PM EDT

NPR's business correspondent answers listener questions about economic sectors that are booming, working in retail and supporting small businesses in the middle of the coronavirus emergency.

Alina Selyukh

Alina Selyukh is a business correspondent at NPR, where she follows the path of the retail and tech industries, tracking how America's biggest companies are influencing the way we spend our time, money, and energy.

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