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Numerator Launches COVID Buyer Habit Index Quantifying Stickiness Of New Consumer Behaviors

Hair & Nail Color, Vitamins, Fresh Seafood, Wine and Baking Ingredients Most Habit Forming

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CHICAGO, March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Numerator, a data and tech company serving the market research space, has launched a COVID Buyer Habit Index to understand the stickiness of new consumer buying behaviors formed during COVID-19. The analysis examines seven major FMCG categories (Alcohol, Baking & Cooking, Beverages, Meat, Snacks, Personal Care, and Vitamins & Supplements) to identify which categories were more habit forming in 2020 vs. 2019.

The index compares repeat purchase behavior of new category buyers during the height of COVID-19 panic buying (March - April 2020) to new buyers in the same period in 2019. Numerator used six repeat purchases by year-end 2020, following a first time purchase in March-April 2020 to qualify as habits, although the study can be adjusted for any time period and repurchase rate (methodology noted at end).

"Consumers radically changed buying behaviors during COVID. Brands and retailers need to understand which new COVID behaviors solidified into habits that are likely to persist post COVID," said Eric Belcher, CEO, Numerator. "This is important to define reopening strategies from marketing through inventory management."

Extensive time at home has helped consumers master more complex and less familiar food preparation (e.g., raw baking ingredients indexed higher than baking mixes; fresh seafood indexed higher than more familiar meats and poultry). Key category findings include:

Alcohol:

  • New alcohol buyers were more likely to have continued to buy alcohol throughout 2020 than new alcohol buyers in 2019, boosted by widespread bar and restaurant closures.
  • Wine was the most "sticky" alcohol category, with 2020 new buyers 66% more likely to have repurchased the category in six or more of the remaining months of the year (vs 2019), followed by Beer (45%) and Spirits (42%).

Baking & Cooking:

  • "Baking from scratch" became a habit: Raw baking materials were far more likely to be sticky in 2020 with Baking Ingredients and Flours & Blends indexing at 149 and 133 versus Baking Mixes at 116. One notable exception is Yeast & Leaveners which indexed at 32.

Beverages:

  • New Soft Drink buyers were 29% more likely to have formed a habit vs. 2019 new buyers, with a COVID-driven shift from out-of-home to in-home consumption.
  • The Sports & Energy Drinks Habit Index was 111. Kombucha was less habit forming in 2020 vs. prior year, with new drinkers 22% less likely to have formed a habit.

Meat:

  • Seafood was more habit-driving in 2020 than in years past, with Fresh Seafood indexing at 178 and new Frozen Seafood at 114.
  • Beef and Frozen Meat new buyers were more likely to have formed a habit during the pandemic as well, with 2020 buyers 18% and 17% more likely to have formed a habit in 2020 vs. 2019
  • Despite gaining traction in the past few years, Meat Alternatives new buyers were slightly less likely (-7%) to have formed a habit in 2020 vs. 2019.

Snacks 

  • Snack Mixes and Meat Snacks were slightly more likely to be habit-forming in 2020 at 13% and 10%, respectively.
  • Healthier snacks were slightly less likely to be habit-forming (Popcorn -4%, Nutrition & Wholesome -6%, Puffed Snacks -7%, Pea/Bean/Vegetable Snacks -18%).

Personal Care:

  • In certain personal care categories, consumers appear to have adapted to self-service, opening the door to lasting habits. New Hair Color buyers were far more likely (129%) to have stuck in the category, along with new Nail Color buyers (72%).

Vitamins & Supplements:

  • Vitamin Letters (121%) and Immunity (60%) supplements led the way as consumers looked for ways to stay healthy throughout the pandemic.

COVID Buying Habit Index
March / April 2020 new category buyers vs YA new category buyers

Major Category

Category

Index
 (2020 vs 2019)

Alcohol

Wine

166

Beer

145

Spirits

142

Baking & Cooking

Baking Ingredients

149

Flour & Blends

133

Baking Mixes

116

Baking Chips & Bars

116

Yeast & Leaveners

32

Beverages

Soft Drinks

129

Sports & Energy Drinks

111

Water

104

Kombucha

78

Meat

Fresh Seafood

178

Frozen Meat

118

Beef

117

Frozen Seafood

114

Poultry

102

Meat Alternatives

93

Snacks

Snack Mixes

113

Meat Snacks

110

Snack Seeds, Nuts, Trail Mix

108

Crackers

105

Chips

101

Popcorn

96

Nutrition & Wholesome

94

Puffed Snacks

93

Pea/Bean/Vegetable Snacks

82

Personal Care

Hair Color

229

Nail Color & Care

172

Creams, Balms & Aftershaves

134

Vitamins & Supplements

Vitamin Letters

221

Immunity

160

Minerals

112

Hair, Nails & Skin

103

Multivitamins

83

Methodology: New Buyers are defined as having purchased a given product/category for the first time in 6+ months during the focus period (March - April 2020). New Habit Formers are a subset of New Buyers, and have re-purchased the category in six or more of the remaining months in the post-period (May - December 2020). The New Habit Index is calculated as the percentage of New Buyers who formed habits in 2020 vs the percentage who formed habits during 2019.

About Numerator
Numerator is a data and tech company bringing speed and scale to market research. Headquartered in Chicago, IL, Numerator has more than 2,000 employees worldwide. The company blends proprietary data with advanced technology to create unique insights for the market research industry that has been slow to change. The majority of Fortune 100 companies are Numerator clients.

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