The first mentions of the virus spreading in China started to appear on the Internet in December 2019. Initially, few people considered SARS-CoV-2 to be a serious threat, but more and more information appeared with each passing day about the number of infected people and the fact that the virus was drawing closer. The residents...
Category: E-commerce pricing trends
New Year’s sales? Price hikes instead of promotions.
Category: E-commerce, E-commerce pricing trends
Many people are used to post-Christmas promotions. This year, customers were hoping to take advantage of them primarily in online stores. But it turns out that consumers who were planning to buy popular products at the beginning of January were more likely to encounter price hikes instead of promotions. This year Dealavo once again cooperated...
The older, the cheaper? Not necessarily. We will try to find out how long manufacturers keep the price of electronics high.
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The prices of electronic goods are frequently overestimated when they appear on the market for the first time. The manufacturers are aware that the greatest fans, so-called early adopters, are willing to pay a lot only to get the latest model of their device first. Then, the prices start to fall gradually, and you can...
“It will be cheaper soon…”- Does the price of the previous model always drop after the premiere of a new product version?
Category: E-commerce, E-commerce pricing trends
A premiere of a new iPhone is for some people like a holiday. Long lines of biggest fans wait in front of shops wanting to be the one who has the newest device on the day of release. For the last few years, new iPhones are released systematically, once per year, which causes old versions...
Hairdressing at home during the COVID lockdown. How has it impacted the prices of hair clippers?
Category: E-commerce, E-commerce pricing trends
The outbreak of the COVID pandemic had an impact on almost every sector of the economy. The way and frequency with which the consumers were using some of the services changed as well. Examples of such services include hairdressing, because hair salons were closed in many countries. While it clearly had a negative impact on...
Monitors getting more expensive, headphones getting cheaper. How are prices changing during a pandemic? Part 2
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Due to the current situation connected to the pandemic of Covid-19, many people had to start working remotely. This caused an increase in sales of office supplies. Did the increased demand influence the price level of these products? In the first part of the article, we analyzed the prices of monitors, laser printers, and headphones....
Monitors getting more expensive, headphones getting cheaper. How are prices changing during a pandemic?
Category: E-commerce, E-commerce pricing trends
During Covid-19, the lives of many people have changed a lot. Due to restrictions, they had to work from home and create their small home offices there. It became such a standard that, as recent research has shown, 80% of U.S. workers would not accept a new job position if it doesn’t offer a flexible...
Home office products’ prices and availability – ANALYSIS
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The consumer electronics industry is seeing a boom in the times of the pandemic. This category of products also includes equipment designed for working from home, such as, for instance, laptops, mobile phones, printers or headphones – preferably cordless. Let’s look at the prices and availability of these products during the lockdown, when most people...
Decline in demand and decrease in margin online due to COVID-19
Category: E-commerce, E-commerce pricing trends
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected many sectors of the economy. Some industries have seen revenue increases, but there are also those where the demand for products and services has dropped dramatically. Sellers take various actions to protect themselves against loss of trade. One of them is lowering prices at the expense of the...
Pet food prices during the coronavirus pandemic
Category: E-commerce, E-commerce pricing trends
The coronavirus outbreak had a significant effect on the development of the online sales channel. The increase applies primarily to everyday items such as food and cosmetics, but also to medical and protective products particularly popular during this period. We devoted our text to them: Mask prices surge due to coronavirus epidemic. However, as...