# Professor Allen Adamson offers tips for consumers to support small businesses during the coronavirus outbreak

1 Faculty News March 19, 2020 ![Bustle Logo 190 x 145](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/Bustle-logo%20190%20x%20145.jpg?itok=E8DHHqIz)>

Excerpt from [Bustle](https://www.bustle.com/p/is-it-safe-to-online-shop-with-coronavirus-your-questions-answered-22638270) -- “'Resist the urge and comfort of double-clicking on Amazon or Walmart,' advises [Allen Adamson](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/allen-adamson), co-founder of the marketing firm Metaforce and adjunct associate professor at the NYU Stern School of Business. 'Call your local hardware store if you need a few items and ask them to deliver. If you need new sneakers for all the outdoor running you will be doing versus going to the gym, call a runners shop versus \[ordering on\] Zappos.'”

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