{"id":106140,"date":"2022-01-13T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T08:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=106140"},"modified":"2022-01-13T21:38:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T05:38:07","slug":"how-covid-changed-shopping-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2022\/01\/13\/how-covid-changed-shopping-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"How COVID changed shopping forever"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since the Coronavirus first emerged in late 2019<\/a> in Wuhan, China it has gone on to run rampage around the world leaving a trail of death, destruction and disability in its wake. However, while the medical and threat-to-life challenges posed by COVID have undoubtedly been tragic, the virus has also caused a major shift-change in the way we live \u2013 and, not least of all, in the way we shop.<\/p>\n

Through the distancing and isolation measures that were imposed through Coronavirus, would-be shoppers had little choice but to move online for their retail fix. Indeed, experts believe the lockdowns caused by the virus have accelerated the take-up and growth of e-commerce by as much as four to six years<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Exponential e-com growth due largely to the pandemic<\/strong><\/h4>\n

While e-commerce had already been changing the face of traditional shopping for many years, the mass adoption of online purchasing through COVID has utterly transformed the retail industry. The e-commerce sector had already almost quadrupled over the last decade but, in the wake of Coronavirus, e-com has mushroomed. The stats make for intriguing reading:<\/p>\n