The private-equity giant praises the retailer's telemedicine technology. The number of people using the retailer's two online eye-exam apps at least tripled at the peak of the COVID-19 shutdowns.

Protolabs, an ecommerce-based provider of such manufacturing services as 3D printing, finds that its digital-first approach to product manufacturing and order-processing suits a time of changing market demand, CEO Vicki Holt says. In recent months it has taken on such projects as making ventilator masks out of snorkel materials.

Mara Paré, vice president of client solutions at medical equipment distributor PartsSource, which does most of its sales online, discusses how it is adapting its business during the pandemic.

As International Market Centers puts a hold on its mammoth traditional trade shows in Atlanta, Las Vegas and North Carolina because of the pandemic, it’s attracting more participants on its ShopZio digital commerce platform.

As the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic deepens, having an ecommerce channel is not always enough for distributors to weather the downturn in business. They need products in demand, says ModMart.com CEO Bill Quinn.

Amazon.com Inc. is donating N95 medical masks to healthcare workers and making the masks and other medical supplies available exclusively to hospitals and government agencies.

Among the challenges both manufacturers and distributors face is allocating supplies to the customers with the greatest need.

The Chinese factories that produce so much of the world’s goods are beginning to reopen, but empty store shelves will likely become a common sight in the coming months.

Adidas declined to estimate the full-year impact of the spread of COVID-19, which will be worse because business is already also slowing in Japan and South Korea even as China starts to recover.

New survey findings from Digital Commerce 360 reveal how retailers believe the coronavirus will impact their business.