After a year of adaptation, business leaders are better prepared After the challenges of 2020, when business adapted to pandemic protocols and “pivoted” to new business lines, many feel battle hardened and ready to deal with the challenges of 2021. Looking at a dozen industries, the Mainebiz staff analyzes the challenges and expectations for what’s […]
After a year of adaptation, business leaders are better prepared
After the challenges of 2020, when business adapted to pandemic protocols and “pivoted” to new business lines, many feel battle hardened and ready to deal with the challenges of 2021.
Looking at a dozen industries, the Mainebiz staff analyzes the challenges and expectations for what’s ahead this year.
Many manufacturers last year shifted their focus and have already adapted to offering COVID-related products like swabs, personal protective equipment and hand sanitizer.
A boatyard manager says he expects continued demand as people look for ways to get outside.
And real estate is expected to continue to drive much of the economic growth. Out-of-state buyers accounted for nearly half of the Portland area’s sales of owner-occupied multi-family homes.
As Tom Landry of Benchmark Real Estate tells one of our reporters, “These folks have come in with cash and are creating bidding wars the likes we’ve never seen.”
Agriculture
Banks / Credit Unions
Broadband
Health care
Higher Education
Hospitality
Manufacturing
Marine industries
Nonprofits
Real Estate
Retail
Transportation / Logistics