Why Retailers’ Covid-19 Digital Surge Is Here to Stay

In this week's Bloomberg Intelligence podcast featuring our analysts and their research, Poonam Goyal says the pandemic-fueled digital shopping surge is likely here to stay. So too are supermarkets seeing the boom, with Jennifer Bartashus suggesting digital sales there to reach 14% by 2025. Kevin Tynan says the chip shortage will tighten up automaker inventory and raise profit, but lost inventory could turn into lost revenue over the longer term. Geetha Ranganathan believes a deal with Warner would push Discovery into the streaming big leagues. Drew Reading shows how pricing power is expanding homebuilder margins.Hosts: Alix Steel and Paul Sweeney. Producer: Tim Herro.The BI Radio show podcasts through Apple’s iTunes, Spotify and Luminary. It broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays at noon on Bloomberg’s flagship station WBBR (1130 AM) in New York, 106.1 FM/1330 AM in Boston, 99.1 FM in Washington, 960 AM in the San Francisco area, channel 119 on SiriusXM, www.bloombergradio.com, and iPhone and Android mobile apps.Bloomberg Intelligence, the research arm of Bloomberg L.P., provides in-depth analysis and data on more than 2,000 companies and 130 industries. On the Bloomberg terminal, run BI <GO>.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.