Digital Spending Has Surged During the Pandemic Even Among Boomers
Whether it’s the comments from companies over the last few months or the monthly Retail Sales reports of late, there is little question over the accelerated shift to digital shopping as a result of the pandemic. New data shows this adoption is rather widespread, and in what may be surprising to some includes Boomers. Chalk it up to Mother Necessity, we see this as the intersection of our Digital Lifestyle and Aging of the Population investing themes. And we suspect that like most others when the Boomers realize the ease of digital shopping they may only selectively go back to brick & mortar shopping.
Social distancing and stay-at-home measures have upended the shopping habits of US consumers across generations, including older cohorts. In May 2020 data from CouponFollow, nearly half of US boomer internet users said they increased their digital spending since the coronavirus pandemic.
