Our New Stay-at-Home Habits May Stick Around

A couple consumer habits have changed quite a bit over the last couple months as people stay at home to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Folks are shopping more online, as retailers have had to close their physical doors and open virtual ones. Additionally, we're spending a lot more time streaming video on demand.

While these two trends were already well underway before coronavirus hit, the current environment has accelerated them and highlighted a couple key areas. Online grocery sales are booming and free ad-supported streaming services are getting a lot more attention. Major platforms PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) and Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) think these habits are here to stay.

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