Irish shoppers triple their spending on Amazon

Spending on computers, software and electronics was up 82% year on year, while gambling rose 65%, spending on books up 43% and groceries up 24%.

Irish shoppers tripled their spending on retail website Amazon last month according to Bank of Ireland.

The bank released debit card spending data for November showing a 7% increase compared to last year with a large increase in online shopping and a fall in high street spending due to the Covid-19 restrictions.