# How Hot Startups Pacaso, Shipt and Thumbtack Capitalized on Two Key Pandemic Trends to Fuel Growth

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/how-hot-startups-pacaso-shipt-and-thumbtack-capitalized-on-two-key-pandemic-trends-to-fuel-growth-4/
- Published: 2022-03-10T09:15:40-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo: With the spike in demand for new places to work remotely, fractional home-buying startup Pacaso offers customers shared ownership of homes across the U.S. and Spain. — Pacaso. Article by Barbara Thau, US Chamber of Commerce – March 02, 2022. Executives from the home-sharing site, delivery disruptor and local services app on reaping sales gains and new customers by monetizing the rise in remote work and online grocery shopping. Why it matters: The pandemic drove a surge in online grocery shopping, doubling the number of consumers who bought food online from 2019 to 2021, according to Gallup. The crisis also fueled the rise of remote work, which led to people investing more in their homes, just as they sought out new ‘workation’ — work-meets-vacation — experiences amid the work-from-anywhere trend. Against that backdrop, home-sharing startup Pacaso, local services platform Thumbtack and delivery disruptor Shipt reaped sales and customer acquisition gains. […] Click here to view original web page at www.uschamber.com