# Professor Anindya Ghose offers his perspective on the long term impact that the coronavirus pandemic will have on online shopping in India

1 Faculty News March 19, 2020 ![Quartz logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_038218.gif?itok=JIQPnzXd)>

Excerpt from [Quartz](https://qz.com/india/1819397/indias-grofers-bigbasket-hold-up-amid-coronavirus-panic-buying/) -- “'Data from China show that the (online shopping) numbers will stay elevated even after the crisis, as more people are exposed to the ease and fun of online shopping,' [Anindya Ghose](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/anindya-ghose), professor of technology, operations, and statistics at New York University’s Stern school of business, told Quartz."

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