Impact of Pandemic on
Consumer Behaviour
Consumer Behaviour -According to Walter,
Consumer behaviour is the process where
individual decides what, where, when, how,
and from whom to purchase the goods and
services that satisfy their needs.
1).Covid-19 is reshaping consumer
behaviour :
The covid-19 pandemic has profoundly
changed the way we live and work, how and
where we shop, what we value and how we
think about the future. Due to epidemic
prevention and control measures,
consumer's behaviour pattern have
undergone tremendous changes. Medical
Products used for personal protection or
surveillance have become the target
market competition.2).The impact of the covid-19 pandemic on
the consumer behaviour can be divided into
immediate effects and indirect effects:
Immediate effects include 8 aspects
a) Hoarding
b) Improvisation
c) Pent-up demand
d) Embracing digital technology
e) Store comes homes
f) Blurring of work life boundaries
g) Reunions with friends and family
|) Discovery of talents
All of these are result of the blockade, the
expansion of social distance and the
restriction of consumers choice of
shopping places.3).Community and Social life becomes the
survival mode of People :
Addition to the changes in spending
methods, during the pandemic, consumers
have increasingly used e-commerce as
various digital platforms for shopping. With
the emergence of physical distance
traditional outdoor advertisement and
shopping opportunities in shopping centers
decreased and this kind of consumer
shopping journey will become more and
more digital.
Thus, it is expected that these technology
platforms will achieve a powerful role in
consumer establishment awareness, there
is a vast customers migration towards
online stores and new behavioural patterns
related to covid-19 that are influencing the
customer buying behaviour .
Sangam Raikwar
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