Digital consumer evolution

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How a pandemic led the world to start shopping on Alibaba (FT)

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Driven by the immense demand for protective gear, Alibaba has emerged as a crucial middleman between Chinese factories and global buyers.

In Spain and Italy, traffic to the company’s AliExpress site increased yoy by 20% and 14% respectively in Q1 2020.

Music streaming during pandemic boosts Spotify paying users (FT)

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  • Spotify reached 130m paying subscribers in Q1 2020 (consensus was 129m) – an increase of roughly a third from last year.

Deliveroo cuts ~15% of staff as coronavirus challenges food delivery (TechCrunch)

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  • UK food delivery startup Deliveroo has confirmed it will be cutting 367 staff (c. 15% of its global headcount) and furloughing a further 50 due to the coronavirus crisis, stating that the public health emergency has put pressure on the business to reduce long-term costs.

In-home passive monitoring can help seniors stay independent (mobi health news)

  • A study on key design points for health monitoring systems designed to facilitate “aging in place”.

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Well consumption will definitely evolve as a result of the inactivities caused by the lockdown. I was even thinking of ordering for a phone, so I think it's rather surprising looking at those stats

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Indeed, but I believe this switch especially for 45-50 + years old might stay even after the lockdowns ease.

My grandpa is ordering groceries online now... Who would have thought. And he actually prefers this to my aunt going to get him stuff haha.

What's your thoughts on this?

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You're definitely right, people might still get used to ordering things online even after the lockdown really, that's because they'll just find out that even doing these things online seems more easier. Yeah many will stick to it.

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Not all but some hehe 😉. It definitely made me change some habits

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