{"id":395,"date":"2020-03-13T13:11:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T13:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.prod.unilu.spikeseed.cloud\/fdef-fr\/news\/the-psychology-behind-consumer-stockpiling\/"},"modified":"2020-03-13T13:11:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T13:11:10","slug":"the-psychology-behind-consumer-stockpiling","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fdef-fr\/news\/the-psychology-behind-consumer-stockpiling\/","title":{"rendered":"The psychology behind consumer stockpiling"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\"><p>As the fear of the coronavirus spreads, consumers have been flocking to stores to stockpile emergency supplies, resulting in empty shelves as retailers can\u2019t keep up with demand. This situation will likely intensify.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwfr.uni.lu\/fdef\/department_of_economics_and_management\/luxembourg_centre_for_logistics_and_supply_chain_management\/people\/benny_mantin\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Benny Mantin personal page\" rel=\"noopener\">Benny Mantin<\/a> and his coauthors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/martin-dresner-9b529841\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Martin Dresner personal page\" rel=\"noopener\">Martin Dresner<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/xiaodan-pan-34863184\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Xiaodan Pan personal page\" rel=\"noopener\">Xiaodan Pan<\/a>&lsquo;s research on consumer stockpiling in emergency situations, and the response of retail managers to stockpiling behaviour, has crucial information for retailers and policy-makers on how to plan for the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p><p>Read the full article in <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/when-the-coronavirus-gets-tough-the-tough-get-stockpiling-133419\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Conversation coronavirus article\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Conversation\u201d<\/a>. <\/p><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the fear of the coronavirus spreads, consumers have been flocking to stores to stockpile emergency supplies, resulting in empty shelves as retailers can\u2019t keep up with demand. 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