Well, from what I'm reading, the first link is old data. I'm getting reports that hair colouring and hair clippers are the current wave of purchases. Beans and TP could make a fair recipe, I suppose, fried up with onions; but looking good while bugging in is the leading wave. Heck, I'm pretty sure my DW is going to have to trim me up in due course; I hate a mop top, and who's going to notice anyway?

The second link seems more relevant to a shelter-at-home profile. Though looking at the breakdown, I find myself shaking my head at the wide range of rubbish we buy. Though I guess I'm as guilty as any.

From the point of view of a "pandemic economy," though, it doesn't touch on what we fix, grow, repair, repurpose, share, swap, or choose to do without. The stuff people actually do to keep households and communities going isn't measured in these sale statistics, and it will grow as this drags on. I'm sure that makes the marketing people crazy. Good.