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Editor’s blogMarch 24 2020

Will we go back to the office?

The coronavirus epidemic will accelerate changes in the way we work, shop and bank, writes Brian Caplen.
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The trends for working from home (WFH) and for shopping and banking online were well advanced even before the outbreak of coronavirus. When it is all over, they will be set in stone such that employers who do not offer this option will struggle to hire. The idea of working full time in an office will become alien to a new generation of workers. 

With everyone wedded to total online consumption, banks will find they need even less branches than currently and shops will hasten the process of turning themselves into warehouses with delivery options.

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