(WAFB) - As the retail industry continues to evolve due to COVID-19, RetailMeNot has kept a close eye on shifting trends and sentiment from both retailers and consumers.
Shoppers have prioritized essential purchases due to the uncertainty of the pandemic and are craving a sense of normalcy and a return to their usual shopping behaviors. As new fall routines and the back-to-school season soon begins, consumers need savings more than ever.
"At RetailMeNot, we know that people are planning spending upwards of $532 in July," said Sara Skirboll, the RetailMeNot shopping expert.
Many things are taking place:
Morning Poll: Should Plastic Shopping Bags Be Taxed? | ARLnow.com
The Arlington County Board appears likely to consider a tax on plastic shopping bags later this year.
At the Board’s Saturday meeting, a volunteer from the group EcoAction Arlington spoke in favor of a five-cent tax on plastic bags, similar to that which has been implemented in D.C. and other cities, during the public comment period.
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The volunteer, Whitney Beer-Kerr, said that a per-bag tax helps to cut down on such bags — which take centuries to decompose — winding up in waterways and landfills. Revenue from the tax can also be used on a variety of environmental initiatives.
Weekly grocery shopping down 20% since COVID-19 outbreak | Supermarket News
Grocery shopping on a weekly basis has dropped by 20% among U.S. consumers since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but many are now spending more each trip, new research from consumer packaged goods (CPG) sales and marketing firm Acosta finds.
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Meanwhile, the share of consumers shopping less frequently has climbed. Twenty percent of respondents said they shopped for groceries two to three times per month before the outbreak, but that percentage now stands at 27%, Acosta said. Likewise, 13% of those polled reported grocery shopping once a month or less prior to the pandemic, whereas 26% said they grocery shop at that frequency since the crisis began.
Safety of shopping malls questioned after deadly shooting inside St.
According to online records, Richmond Heights police were called to the St. Louis Galleria Mall on average more than once a day in 2019.
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo. (KMOV.com) -- The deadly shooting inside the St. Louis Galleria Mall has brought up new concerns on the safety of shopping.
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"Maybe they should put in metal detectors but then that takes it to a different level," Finney said.
Security expert David Levenberg said shoppers are only willing to accept so much and there is a delicate balance between keeping shoppers safe without a heavy-handed approach to security.
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Grants Supermarket now offering online shopping | WVNS
PRINCETON, WV (WVNS) — Some exciting news for people who like to shop at Grants Supermarket. The grocery store chain will now offer online shopping.
Marketing Manager, Pam Carter, said they always planned to provide online shopping, but the COVID-19 pandemic was the push they needed to get the ball rolling. She said online shopping is an easy way for people to social distance while getting groceries.
“With the online shopping someone here will be assigned to pick out the groceries that you’ve ordered online, so that eliminates you having to come in and touch things other people have touched, being you know close to other people,” Carter said.
Woman without mask commands ‘demon’ customers to leave grocery store aisle until
The incident happened July 21 at a Fred Meyer grocery store in Longview, Washington, located about 50 miles north of Portland. Tara Lee Holcomb recorded the video, in which the woman can be heard berating a worker and other shoppers.
"She doesn't want anyone to go down that aisle until she can get what she wants and leave the aisle. So she's rebuking everyone that enters the aisle," a bystander can be heard commenting in the video.
At one point, the woman comes face to face with a shopper and calls them a "demon." She continues to cast everyone away until she can "buy something."
Downtown Providence street to close on Saturdays for shopping, dining - Food and Dining -
Starting Aug. 1, Providence’s Westminster Street will close to vehicle traffic between Eddy and Union streets from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The closings will run through the fall to allow for socially distanced shopping and dining.
Called “Open Air Saturdays,” the street closing is meant to allow for safe shopping both in-store and outside on the sidewalks. Visitors are asked to wear face masks and socially distance. No-touch hand sanitizing stations will be provided along the street.
"Back to school" shopping. Is it worth it? | wnep.com
But for many school districts, the questions remain will children learn in the classroom, online, or some sort of hybrid method?
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"We're holding off on a lot of things like school supplies, school clothes, what kind of clothes are they going to wear, are they going to be able to go to school. If they're not going to school you don't have to spend all that money on clothes," said Javette Uggiano, Grandparent.
While there are going to be a lot of challenges with the school year, retail stores like Walmart are giving customers alternative ways to shop.
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