Georgia Tech researchers offer guidance and expertise for a holiday season that will demand fresh thinking.

How the Covid-19 Pandemic Will Impact the Holiday Buying Season

Three logistics experts at Georgia Tech’s No. 1-ranked H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering forecast how the pandemic may impact consumer purchasing in November and December.

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Home for the Holidays: Know the Travel Risks

As Covid-19 outbreaks surge in several states, the choice to see family this holiday season gets more complicated by the day. Thankfully, there’s a tool—developed by Georgia Tech faculty, scientists, GIS specialists, and graduate students—that can help estimate the potential risk of exposure involved with a trip home for a turkey dinner. 

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This Year’s Holiday Shopping Must-Have is Space

Big changes to the 2020 holiday shopping experience reflect an ongoing evolution of malls and retail spaces, according to Ellen Dunham-Jones, professor in the College of Architecture.

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As Online Shopping Skyrockets, Industries Adapt

As we wade into a holiday shopping season defined by skyrocketing online retail and threatened by the rise in Covid-19 cases, the supply chain will be put to the test. How will it fare? To understand the challenges facing this holiday season, Georgia Tech experts remind us where we were in 2019 and how the supply chain has adapted during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Helping Stories at Georgia Tech

We’re helping people adjust to and cope with a new reality. We’re supporting our students, faculty, and staff through this challenging time. And our researchers are helping save lives and protect healthcare workers — both in Atlanta and across the nation — in a variety of ways.