Week 1/ What company/business is having the greatest impact in the world today, either positive or negative?

 Definitely, in times of COVID, the company and kind of business that is having the greatest impact in the world today are Amazon and online commerce.

With so many nations all around the world into lockdown and quarantines and their citizens unable to buy in stores, online commerce surged considerably its sales. The percentages of increase in online sales are among the highest in history and brands, which normally sold their products in physical stores, now, have to find new ways of promoting their products by selling online. Clothing brands or electronics, now try to boost and promote their sales on their websites. 

With the rise of online sellers, even courier businesses saw a very strong augmentation of their work and consequent incomes.

The impact on the global economy increased even the recruitment and the occupation in these kinds of sectors and businesses. Amazon has significantly increased its jobs vacancies by seeking new staff. Couriers agencies too, month after month, with the increase of requests from online stores and customers, increased their search for new personnel. 

This kind of impact in the working world has very serious negative repercussions because more and more workers are forced to overwork and respond to the increasingly incessant requests from online brands. 

On the other side, many businesses reinvented themselves. Restaurants, for example, try to struggle to close their physical activities by selling their food on their online websites and recruiting riders.