Spending in the COVID-19 era hasn’t just been focused on toilet paper, paper towels and other items in the paper goods family — even though it has seemed that way when you check a supermarket or a big box store’s shelves.
Working from home or simply being around the house on a more regular basis has put a lot of us in a spending mindset.
Sure, we need some of those items but many of them are impulse purchases or simply a way to find a bit of normalcy.
Kelly Goldsmith is an associate professor of marketing at Vanderbilt University. The Show spoke with her about whether or not this trend was unusual.
