The surge in online shopping during the pandemic coupled with supply chain shortages have cause prices to rise:
... [+]Online shoppers were hit with the 17th consecutive month of e-commerce price increases in October, according to the latest Adobe Digital Price Index report, released today.
The surge in online shopping triggered by the pandemic, coupled with supply chain shortages, has reversed a long pattern of annual price decreases for online goods. In October, prices rose 1.9%, year over year, and 0.9% month over month. In contrast, in pre-pandemic October, 2019, online retailers headed into the holiday season with prices down 6.6% year over year in October.
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