During a March 2020 survey of consumers in the United States, 74 percent of respondents stated that if confined to their homes during the coronavirus, they were likely to purchase grocery store items online. Online delivery orders of groceries have surged in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and pasta delivery orders increased almost 700 percent in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the previous year.
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Share of general consumers and social media users in the United States who are likely to purchase discretionary items online due to coronavirus confinement as of March 2020
General consumers n = 524; social media users n = 425
Original question: What type of products do you think you might purchase online if
you are confined to your home during a Coronavirus outbreak?
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Izea. (March 17, 2020). Share of general consumers and social media users in the United States who are likely to purchase discretionary items online due to coronavirus confinement as of March 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106531/online-orders-discretionary-items-due-to-coronavirus-home-usa/
Izea. "Share of general consumers and social media users in the United States who are likely to purchase discretionary items online due to coronavirus confinement as of March 2020." Chart. March 17, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106531/online-orders-discretionary-items-due-to-coronavirus-home-usa/
Izea. (2020). Share of general consumers and social media users in the United States who are likely to purchase discretionary items online due to coronavirus confinement as of March 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106531/online-orders-discretionary-items-due-to-coronavirus-home-usa/
Izea. "Share of General Consumers and Social Media Users in The United States Who Are Likely to Purchase Discretionary Items Online Due to Coronavirus Confinement as of March 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106531/online-orders-discretionary-items-due-to-coronavirus-home-usa/
Izea, Share of general consumers and social media users in the United States who are likely to purchase discretionary items online due to coronavirus confinement as of March 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106531/online-orders-discretionary-items-due-to-coronavirus-home-usa/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Share of general consumers and social media users in the United States who are likely to purchase discretionary items online due to coronavirus confinement as of March 2020 [Graph], Izea, March 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106531/online-orders-discretionary-items-due-to-coronavirus-home-usa/
