how did the pandemic affect the sales sector in your country?

Hi everyone, I don't know if it's a topic that ha already been exposed on this platform, but, how did the pandemic affect the sales sector in your country? I ask because not all countries and not all sectors have the capacity to move their workers to a remote area, obviously I exclude departments such as callcenters.


In Colombia, for example, the sales and trade sector in general was one of the most affected by anti-covid measures, as social mobility was limited, causing many medium-sized companies to fail.

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poweredbycaffeine
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In the US it was super simple to move everyone to a remote environment given widely available high-speed internet and investments in telephony systems.
CuriousFox
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A big issue that comes to mind is the chip shortage.
SalesJuro
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The problem is that many SME's in LATAM literally subsist on daily sales.
UnTalOden
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Also, the sale of organic products such as fruits, in Colombia I've not see that there is so far any reliable platform or app for the sale of such products that are basically for immediate consumption. 
SalesJuro
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This kind of products are in greater demand now through homes.
UnTalOden
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Well, It's also true that food and nurseries in general increased their profits thanks to that resource in the sales model. 
Azis
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Acá en Colombia hay mucha gente que se dedica al sector agrícola y vende sus productos directamente en la calle o las plazas y debido a la pandemia este sector sufrió un gran golpe económico al estar varios meses sin poder ofrecer sus productos. 
UnTalOden
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Sí, eso he visto. Lo grave de esa situación es que a nivel estructural dicho sector no ha avanzado mucho, probablemente a nivel de ganancias sí por la interacción directa con el cliente pero esta situación debería haber suscitado un avance a nivel de comunicación con los mismos; Por ejemplo, plataformas electronicas donde el productor pueda ofrecer su producto sin necesidad de depender de un intermediario que en últimas son los que más ingresos generan con estos productos. 
cw95
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I sell into the retail industry - lots of our customers and prospects import their products from abroad.

Corona alongside Brexit absolutely screwed us, customers couldn't get orders, people weren't buying, they went bust and left, we all went on furlough...but then Summer came along and everyone started buying online and we have prospered so much. 

Was really shit but silver linings and all.
PhlipOut
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mostly some sectors tanked and spending became more cautious.
Also some clients needed more approvals to spend money above (new, lower) amounts
ChumpChange
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It's been AMAZING for me since I work in the ecom space.
GDO
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I don t think it had a big impact except for the physical meetings. 
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