Shopping in the pandemic.

 The survey data shows that women are more likely to be concerned about the consequences of
COVID-19, they also show that men are more likely to have it affect their shopping behavior. A third of
men, compared to 25% of women, reported that the pandemic affects how much they spend on
groceries. In addition, 36% of men compared to 28% of women reported that it affects how much they
spend on experiences (travel, restaurants, entertainment, etc.).

 It was found that men are more likely to shop online and avoid shopping than women. I cannot
completely agree with this statement, since half of my entourage (men) prefer to go shopping on their
own, rather than ordering online.

 In the European Union, e-commerce in food products increased sharply in the second week of March,
after shoppers went online to find the goods they needed, but they were not in local grocery stores.
But nothing has changed in Belarus. This is due to the fact that most people do not know how to use
this service, and consider it more expensive than going to the store on their own.

 Analysts estimate that lockdowns and social distancing rules have accelerated online shopping by
between three to five years.

Vocab

- To cut corners - oszczędzać (zwykle na szkodę jakości)

We won’t cut corners and employ inexperienced employees. We need top-ranked managers to sell our
items.
- Webrooming – consumers browse products online before visiting a store to purchase.
- Showrooming – consumers browse physical stores before purchasing online
- Stock up -robić zakupy. To buy a large quantity of something. During the emergency, people stocked up
on essential items.
- Caveat - klauzula. He agreed to the interview, with the caveat that he could approve the final article.
- Ecommerce – the business of buying and selling goods and services on the internet. Recognizing the
value of e-commerce, traditional companies also jumped online.
- monkey business – oszustwo.
This company sells fake Chanel bags. It’s a monkey business!
- Go back on furlough - urlop. After safety concerns, the company furloughed all 4,000 of its employees.
- Peter out - zanikać. To gradually stop or disappear. The track petered out after a mile or so.
- Pedestrianized street - deptak. Converted into an area for the use of pedestrians only, by excluding all
motor vehicles.
- Exacerbate the woes - pogarszać. The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the woes of a sector
already crippled by the rise of online shopping.
- Warehouse - magazyn. The goods have been sitting in a warehouse for months because a strike has
prevented distribution.
- a cash cow - najlepiej sprzedający się product.
The software is company’s cash cow because it earns almost 40% of gross revenue.

- dog-eat-dog (world) - bardzo konkurencyjny.

It’s a dog-eat-dog branch. You should analyze your competitors.

- to break your back - bardzo ciężko pracować.
I have been breaking my back over this project for six months and now they want to close it!

- ‘window shopping’ - the activity of spending time looking at the goods on sale in shop windows
without intending to buy any of them. After a little light window-shopping, I had dinner in a super-
stylish Japanese restaurant.

- to browse - to look through a book or magazine without reading everything, or to walk around a store
looking at things without intending to buy anything, or without knowing exactly what you want to buy.

- pass muster - to reach an acceptable standard. New teams won't be admitted to the league if their
stadiums don't pass muster.

- serendipity - dar znajdowania cennych albo miłych rzeczy, których się nie szukało; To what serendipity
do I owe...

- a stark increase in impulse buying - gwałtowny wzrost zakupów impulsowych. The same report also
showed a stark increase in impulse buying when shopping in a physical store.

- Wear many hats - wykonywać wiele funkcji.

I’m tired of wearing so many hats at work, I’m thinking of asking for promotion.