Sales grow for supermarkets and shops selling hardware and electricals

Shoppers on St. Patrick Street, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

Shops selling hardware and electrical and electronics, as well as supermarkets, were the winners over a three-month period amid the Covid-19 restrictions last year, according to official figures.

CSO figures show that in volume terms, the sales of both hardware and electrical outlets climbed 32% in the three months through the end of November from the same period a year earlier, while sales of pharmaceutical products and at supermarkets rose by 15.4% and 12.6%.