What's Inside

Coresight Research’s February 1 survey provides a detailed update on US consumers’ behaviors, concerns and expectations amid the coronavirus crisis, with a focus on the implications for US retail.

Our tracker questions cover the following:

• What product categories respondents had purchased in-store and online in the past two weeks
• Which retailers respondents had bought food and nonfood products from in the past two weeks
• What activities respondents have done in the past two weeks
• Whether respondents are currently avoiding public areas—and which types of places they are avoiding
• The changed behaviors that respondents expect to retain after the pandemic

We also present findings and trend data on shoppers’ current shopping and online spending habits—including what they are buying more and less of than pre-pandemic.

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CONTENTS

What’s the Story?

What Shoppers Are Buying and Which Retailers They Are Buying From

What Consumers Bought In-Store and Online

Which Retailers Consumers Purchased Food and Nonfood Products From

What Shoppers Are Doing and Where They Are Going

More Consumers Are Comfortable Returning to Some Regular Activities

Over Eight in 10 Are Currently Avoiding Public Places

Reviewing Trend Data in Current Purchasing Behavior

What Consumers Are Currently Buying More Of and Less Of

Fewer Than Half Expect To Retain Changed Behaviors in the Long Term

What We Think

Methodology