Moran (left) helps resident Mont shop on Amazon in Cranford, New Jersey. Consumers 65 and older are starting to buy more online, ranging from beginners like Mont who struggle with the basics to those who are breezily shifting more of their buying to the Web. — Atria via AP
NEW YORK: In November, Paula Mont did something new: The 86-year-old, who hasn’t left her New Jersey senior living community in nearly a year, went shopping – online.
Mont used an iPad, equipped with a stylus to help her shaky hands, to buy a toy grand piano for her great-granddaughter. She picked it out from more than a dozen versions of the instrument on Amazon.
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Moran (left) helps resident Mont shop on Amazon in Cranford, New Jersey. Consumers 65 and older are starting to buy more online, ranging from beginners like Mont who struggle with the basics to those who are breezily shifting more of their buying to the Web. — Atria via AP
White, 72, buys clothes and household items from Amazon and Target online on her iPhone and tablet in San Francisco. — AP
White (right) greets a man outside of a market while interviewed in San Francisco. The pandemic has sparked a surge of online shopping across all ages as people stay away from physical stores. But the biggest growth has come from consumers 65 and older. — AP
White said she likes learning new skills and her grandchildren, who she sends Amazon gift cards as presents, approve. — AP
White uses her tablet while being interviewed in San Francisco. Shopping is one of a slew of activities that older Americans now have to do over the Internet, like doctor’s appointments and socialising via digital video like FaceTime. — AP
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