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Increase in Home Delivery Service Usage During COVID-19 Pandemic Unlikely to Last

Influential new research can help inform shipping policies and industry decisions
In the first comprehensive study investigating the initial adoption and continuance intention of delivery services during a pandemic, Cara Wang, an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, found that over 90% of people who use online delivery services would likely revert back to their original way of shopping.