Measuring the Impact of COVID-19 on Retail Sales and OSA

We are living through an unprecedented time as the entire world feels the impact of the COVID-19 virus. One of the hardest hit areas of our daily lives is the increased demand on grocery stores, as people stockpile essential goods and as consumer shopping patterns shift due to lifestyle changes.

Through Connors Group and Focal Systems’ ongoing work providing real-time inventory visibility and operational process improvement to some of the largest retailers in the world, we are uniquely positioned to perform analysis on the pandemic’s impact to on-shelf availability.

As suspected, some product categories were impacted more than others during the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak. If you didn’t experience it firsthand, you’ve at least seen the reports about stores selling out of toilet paper, hand sanitizer and non-perishable foods.

These videos show the difference of the shelves in normal days versus after stay at home orders were issued.