{"id":123185,"date":"2021-05-29T23:36:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T06:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/the-future-of-shopping-whats-in-store-the-economist"},"modified":"2021-05-29T23:36:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T06:36:07","slug":"the-future-of-shopping-whats-in-store-the-economist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/the-future-of-shopping-whats-in-store-the-economist","title":{"rendered":"The future of shopping: what\u2019s in store? | The Economist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ad-GuV6YIMI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The pandemic has upended the way people buy\u2014online retail has soared as high-street shops and malls close. Brands are now racing to exploit one of the most important weapons in the battle for buyers: their customers\u2019 data.<\/p>\n<p>Read our special report on the future of shopping here: <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/2Q8XQC2\">https:\/\/econ.st\/2Q8XQC2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more of our business coverage: <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/2OsXUw2\">https:\/\/econ.st\/2OsXUw2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listen to \u201cMoney Talks\u201d weekly podcast on markets, the economy and business: <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/3cC4lor\">https:\/\/econ.st\/3cC4lor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How online sales are affecting supermarket profits: <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/3ctYwcE\">https:\/\/econ.st\/3ctYwcE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are brands turning their backs on Amazon? <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/3cBLGZQ\">https:\/\/econ.st\/3cBLGZQ<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/the-future-of-shopping-whats-in-store-the-economist\">Continue reading \u201cThe future of shopping: what\u2019s in store? | The Economist\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pandemic has upended the way people buy\u2014online retail has soared as high-street shops and malls close. Brands are now racing to exploit one of the most important weapons in the battle for buyers: their customers\u2019 data. Read our special report on the future of shopping here: https:\/\/econ.st\/2Q8XQC2 Read more of our business coverage: https:\/\/econ.st\/2OsXUw2 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,43,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-business","category-economics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}