South Africa, March 19 -- Those of us in marketing have to be concerned with questions concerning the impact of Covid-19 on our work, our clients and the impact on the industry. Plenty has been written about it. And published everywhere. Here are some thought starters that focus closer to the marketing world.

The big question is how long the Covid-19 age will last. The mathematics of epidemiology are remarkably accurate and is getting a great deal of airtime in illustrating the progress of the pandemic. It is the same mathematics as is used in forecasting the sales of new products where one treats a product innovation as an infection in the population. Using past experience on modelling the introduction of innovation, some thoughts are d...