Yelp, the popular business locator and review hub, is in a prime position to gather insight on consumer behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because when someone gets a craving for ice cream, or Chinese food, or brand-new guns, they’ll probably do a Yelp search to figure out where to get that fix.
Unfortunately for us, Yelp just revealed the latter to be true.

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Today the company released a “Local Economy Coronavirus Impact Report” detailing how consumer interests have shifted due to coronavirus, based on the relative popularity of Yelp searches, page views, review activity, and other forms of engagement. Here are some takeaways:
Yelp said it plans to release regular updates to its report.
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