The lockdown following the corona outbreak brought everything to a standstill. The same goes for schools and colleges too. The lockdown forced people to figure out how to accommodate learning from home for every student.
The online retailer, Amazon saw a surge in search of work and school on products. Some of the most sought after products include 1.7X increase in headphones and earphones, over 2X increase for laptops and tablets, nearly 1.2X increase for stationery, over 2X increase for mouse and keyboards, 1.3X increase for printer, over 3X increase for routers and 2.5X increase for study table.
Keeping all of this in mind, analyzing the data, Amazon has found yet another way to use the situation to their advantage. The company has come up with the whole new concept of ‘School from Home’, and likewise has launched a ‘School from Home’ store.
The store offers a wide range of products for studying and writing, including stationery, Laptops, Tablets and PCs, Headsets and Speakers, Printer and Home furnishing, etc.
The essential items under this particular banner also come with a range of offers and deals. Moreover, this offer is not just for students and teachers; parents perhaps looking for some new things for home can also find what they are looking for under the banner of ‘School from Home.’
Other than this, there also has been a new addition to the Amazon app which is the inclusion of Hindi. Earlier Amazon announced that now retailers can conduct their businesses online through Amazon using Hindi as the medium.
The Amazon sellers, for the first time, will be able to manage orders, inventory, and access performance metrics using the Hindi language. This will be available for both the website and the app. Amazon also provides Seller Support Services and Seller University videos and tutorials in Hindi.