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This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China. (CDC via AP)

When COVID-19 turned the world upside-down, businesses of every size and stripe had to adapt, and fast. Some changed their product offerings to respond to an urgent need: for face masks, hand sanitizer or low-contact grocery shopping. Others, affected by stay-at-home orders and instant shifts in consumer demand, had to come up with a totally new way of doing business: With restaurants, gyms and coffee shops closed, business owners got creative with curbside pickup, e-commerce and virtual workouts.