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Does consumer behavior reflect the end of the pandemic? — The Stockout

Consumer spending points to return to normal

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In this episode of The Stockout, Mike Baudendistel says consumer behavior is beginning to look the way it did before the COVID-19 pandemic, and he shares several stories that directly indicate a shift back to traditional spending habits.

Those spending habits include buying higher-end beauty and self-care products, shifting back to in-person shopping and spending on necessities for returning to work.

Baudendistel also discusses the latest transportation rate increases, including parcel surcharges for retail deliveries, and other trends in e-commerce.   

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Kaylee Nix

Kaylee Nix is a meteorologist and reporter for FreightWaves. She joined the company in November of 2020 after spending two years as a broadcast meteorologist for a local television channel in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Kaylee graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2018 and immediately made the Tennessee Valley her home. Kaylee creates written summaries of FreightWaves live podcasts and cultivates the social media for FreightWaves TV.