What kind of business will do well from this epidemic?

[LuluJakey1]

There are always those in the business world who gain in any national or global crisis - who will it be in this one?

Supermarkets
Hand sanitiser companies

DH was in Curry’s yesterday staff had never known it to be so busy with all the home office kit like laptops, extra routers and printers flying off the shelves. Stockpilers have bought up all the chest freezers as well.

Sniggering at my own typos - foot retailers run off their feet ....

Food delivery and takeaway places like dominos

Criminals

Decorating shops

Will writers/advisors solicitors

Streaming services, I've just signed up for BritBox and will be switching to Disney+ next week.

Food delivery services such as Uber and just eat.

Craft supplies, I'm making a couple of blankets and may get a jump on my Christmas crafting.

DIY stores. I'm seriously considering decorating my spare room and turning it into the craft den of my dreams.

The gas companies

The obvious ones, already mentioned and: Manufacturers of IT equipment
Stationery providers
Disney and some creatives (through royalties/licensing)
Lawyers and professional advisers (depending on the area of expertise)

I would say that lots of businesses are likely to be very busy when things calm down, although they might not "profit" from the pandemic.

Afterwards I imagine travel companies / airlines will do really well. Providing they can keep afloat now.

Psychiatrists

I work for a food manufacturer and it's been so busy, we are 100% profiteering from this! Saving by not having to open the office too!!

@redandwhite1 Hopefully your profiting, not profiteering....

Supermarkets--senior mgmt and shareholders must be loving the panic buying. It's just shit for the minions.

Anything medical.

Utility companys

Small corner shops

@tadddar haha ooops predictive text

Wish I was profiting - the company certainly is

Epic games / Fortnite

Recruiting agencies hiring senior executive roles, in the longer term (1-3 years).

MLMs, which I expect to be all the rage this spring as people get various stimulus and benefits and try desperately (and in vain) to turn a little money into a lot of money by getting their friends to contribute their stimulus and benefits money to their MLM "business."

Accountants

Porn sites.

Mummoomoocow

Netflix!