Did the Pandemic Change Shopping Habits at Retail Stores?

Mishra, Partha; Chopra, Sunil; Stamatopoulos, Ioannis

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Did the Pandemic Change Shopping Habits at Retail Stores?

2022-12-02
By Mishra, Partha ; Chopra, Sunil ; Stamatopoulos, Ioannis

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Mishra, Partha ; Chopra, Sunil ; Stamatopoulos, Ioannis
Corporate Creators:

Northwestern University Transportation Center ; University of Texas at Austin
Corporate Contributors:

Telemobility UTC Teir-1 University Transportation Center on Telemobility ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
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Publication/ Report Number:

Telemobility-TR-2022-3
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Final Project Report, 8/1/20 - 1/31/23
Corporate Publisher:

Tier-1 University Transportation Center on Telemobility (Telemobility UTC)
Abstract:

We use retail store foot traffic data from SafeGraph, to provide model free evidence on changes in customer preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic for (i) distance traveled from home to store, (ii) shopping duration, and (iii) day and time of visit to stores. We find that all outcomes changed substantially at the start of the pandemic, with customers traveling shorter distances, making shorter visits, and shopping more during weekdays and working hours. These changes, however, did not persist across most retail categories and customer behavior reverted to pre-pandemic patterns by 2021. The most persistent changes occurred at fast-food restaurants where the proportion of short visits under 20 minutes increased significantly and proportion of working hour visits decreased significantly.
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69A3552047139
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