Inflation Added $32 Billion to U.S. Goods Sold Online Since 2020
- Digital prices started rising during the pandemic: Adobe
- Inflation will add another $27 billion to spending in 2022
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The pandemic accelerated the boom in e-commerce in the U.S., ushering a new era of inflation in what was once a heaven of discounts.
Over the two years since the onset of the Covid-19 crisis, price increases have added $32 billion to what Americans have paid online for the same amount of goods, according to software company Adobe Inc., which tracks more than 10 million products.