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In 2020, the whole society was hit by an unexpected virus -- COVID-19. The virus expanded fast and influenced all around the world. It changed the routine lives of people, and it affected the economy in some ways. The consumption habits of consumers were also affected. This paper will discuss three main industries --Retailing, Luxury, and Technology, and evaluate how COVID-19 impacted them, by choosing six companies from these three industries and importing Income Statements, Balance Sheets, and Cash flows from 2019, which before COVID-19, to 2022. In order to digging and support the effects, this paper chooses to use some financial metrics to evaluate different aspects. The metrics that I choose are Profitability Metrics, including Earnings Per share, and Sales Growth, Liquidity Metrics, which reflect the companys ability to pay back its short-term liabilities. This article finds out that although COVID-19 influenced these industries from 2020 to 2021, they all demonstrated flexibility in facing the global crisis and led to growth after the pandemic.
Yuntong Yan (Fri,) studied this question.