Older adults now the fastest-growing group of online shoppers
Many older adult have been learning to shop online for the first time during the pandemic. Online shopping for people 65 and up jumped 60% last year. Author: ANNE D INNOCENZIO (AP Retail Writer) Published: 2:23 PM EST February 24, 2021 Updated: 2:23 PM EST February 24, 2021
NEW YORK In November, Paula Mont did something new: The 86-year-old, who hasn t left her New Jersey senior living community in nearly a year, went shopping online.
Mont used an iPad, equipped with a stylus to help her shaky hands, to buy a toy grand piano for her great-granddaughter. She picked it out from more than a dozen versions of the instrument on Amazon.
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