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Learn how to prioritize and deliver what your shoppers want with the latest insights.
COVID-19 has ushered in sweeping changes for how we purchase products, with the most notable factor being the expansion of social distancing practices. Of our “traditional” patterns of consumer behavior, which — if any — will return?
The current market has many relevant indicators that can help inform your brand’s forecasts and digital strategy.
Social distancing and isolation have — for the time being, at least — drastically accelerated the trend towards online shopping. A new study from L.E.K. Consulting and Civis found that COVID-19 has increased online spending from between 10% and 30% across grocery and non-grocery purchases.
Retail marketing automation company Listrak lists the increase in ecommerce revenue at a whopping 40% in its recent data. Marketing intelligence firm Valassis found that 42% of consumers are shopping online more since the start of the outbreak in its mid-March survey.
Valassis also found that consumers are using the current circumstances to test out new offerings from different brands. According to its survey, 19% of respondents said they are feeling less loyal to their current favorite brands, and 13% said they are looking for new brands to try.
Ultimately, brand manufacturers that can acquire these customers in these uncertain times might be able to transform them into loyal advocates when things start to return to normal.
Customers are shopping more, but what are they buying online? Our recent internal data highlights significant spikes in traffic to product pages across several categories between mid-February and mid-March.
Considering how much time we are collectively spending inside, household purchases make sense. People also continue to invest in bath and body products while practicing social distancing — a reassuring data point. (The data also shows that we might also be playing too many video games these days.)
One of the most interesting trends stems from the food and beverage category. Consider the following statistics that highlight the growing importance of these categories online:
While these are trends we have been seeing in the market for some time, several weeks ago, the notion that nearly two-thirds of consumers would be looking to buy groceries online was unthinkable. If one were to place bets on the industries least likely to return to “normal” after social distancing, food and beverage would be a pretty safe wager.
Food and beverage manufacturers many decisions to make soon about how they will address these rapid changes. Brands that can quickly pivot to provide excellent digital experiences — while ensuring products are well-positioned on platforms like Drizly and Instacart — will be the ones that stand to succeed in the long term. (Even after consumers start to return to local grocery and liquor stores.)
“We see this unfortunate period accelerating structural changes in consumer shopping,” wrote Seth Sigman, an analyst at Credit Suisse, in a recent report, highlighting that it could accelerate by as much as five years.
The next five years of growth in online shopping is happening right now — over the course of weeks. Revolutionary changes like this often result in a fissure between companies that are equipped to handle shifts with agility and speed and those that are too slow to adapt.
Even if some shopping habits return to “normal,” it’s doubtless that the industry has been altered.
For those looking for guidance on how to navigate the coming weeks and months, our upcoming content series focused on the commerce impacts of COVID-19 could help your brand gain the insights it needs to develop new strategies and tactics.
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