Bank of Ireland have studied debit card expenditure from Irish people over the past month and revealed the data to RTÉ. The information says a lot about how are lives are changing in the age of the coronavirus.
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Data was tracked from March 12. Among other things they found:
- there has been a 37% increase in grocery shopping in Ireland
- retail spending is down by 25% across the board
- there has been significant increases in spending on clothes, electronics, household appliances and home fitness gear
- there's been a huge increase in spend on gaming, with an increase of 122% in Playstation spend and an increase of 86% in Xbox spend.
- Payment for streaming services is up 27%, with Disney+ playing a large role in this
- Spend on travel has dropped more than 80%.
- Restaurant expenditure is down 69%
This is all very interesting and indicate the radical shift towards a life spent indoors.
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