The COVID-19 pandemic has an impact on people's lifestyles today. In order to prevent viral infections, many people are more concerned about their health. This can be seen from the trend of health products that are increasingly in demand during the pandemic.
"Throughout 2021, health will be one of the best-selling categories in online stores.
Of the many health products, there are 5 best-selling products purchased online during 2021. Here are the five products.
1. Mask
Masks are personal protective equipment that must be worn during a pandemic, especially while indoors. In fact, some public spaces do not allow visitors to enter if they are not wearing a mask. Until now, masks are still an item that can prevent the transmission of the virus. Various types of masks, ranging from triple masks, KN95 and KF94 masks are still some of the most sought after products by the public.
2. Essential Oils
The essential oil trend has indeed gone viral during the pandemic. Essential oil is indeed a natural oil that is often used for health therapy. Not only that, essential oils can also make the mind calmer, to improve mood. These many benefits make sales of essential oil and diffuser products increase by more than 1.5 times in 2021.
3. Multivitamins
In addition to implementing a healthy lifestyle with 3M discipline, taking multivitamins is also one of the most recommended things during the pandemic. Therefore, multivitamins are said to be able to help increase the body's resistance. The higher public awareness of the importance of health makes multivitamin products experience a more than 2x increase in transactions throughout 2021.
4. Fruits and Vegetables
The existence of a healthy lifestyle trend makes people often consume healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables. Given that these two foods contain lots of vitamins, fiber, and other nutrients that are good for the body.
We also see sales of healthy food products, such as fruits, vegetables, etc., almost doubling in 2021 compared to 2020.
5. Roller Skate and Skateboard
During the pandemic, activities such as sports are increasingly favored by the public, from jogging, cycling, to rollerblading. The Sports category will also become one of the most popular categories in 2021. This can be seen from sales of sports products, such as roller skates and skateboards to running equipment, which has more than doubled.
Ballerbro, an example of a business activist in the Sports category, also experienced an almost 2x increase in transactions during the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to the previous quarter.