What might the e-commerce-focused retail look like? Online shopping has of course surged in the last few months—YPulse’s exclusive COVID research found that 32% of 13-39-year-olds are doing more online shopping during Coronavirus. Those habits could “stick,” potentially changing the future of shopping even as quarantines start to lift. Mini warehouses could “pop up everywhere” to keep up with deliveries, shortages might continue, or the prices for fast delivery and shipping could rise, and returns could become far more strict because of sanitation issues (NYTimes)
