Fast Changes in Food Retailing Due to the Impact of COVID-19

Tamás Sikos T.; Dóra Molnár

doi:10.18096/TMP.2024.01.06

Authors

Tamás Sikos T. University of Miskolc https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1650-5084
Dóra Molnár Ludovika University of Public Service https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1476-5253

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18096/TMP.2024.01.06

Keywords:

online and offline food retailing, FMCG sector, new models, AI, Covid-19

Abstract

In this study, the impact of the pandemic COVID-19 on the FMCG sector is being examined. We consider as an important question to analyze in which direction the retail sector has shifted, whether it has been able to react to the sudden and increased online market challenge. How do offline and online food retailing relate to each other? What new challenges will be shopping face in the future, how is retailing adapting to them and how can artificial intelligence support these retail processes? What new innovations are expected in future retailing and how can domestic market players adapt to them?

Author Biographies

Tamás Sikos T., University of Miskolc

DSc, Professor

Dóra Molnár, Ludovika University of Public Service

PhD, Associate Professor

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