Online shopping and utilities raise card spending by AIB customers

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According to the latest AIB Spend Trend report, spending online increased by 12% year-on-year while spending in stores remained flat. File picture

Irish consumer spending increased by 7% in the year to the end of February driven by an increasing preference for online shopping as well as additional spending on utilities, new data from AIB shows.

According to the latest AIB Spend Trend report, spending online increased by 12% year-on-year while spending in stores remained flat. Spend on digital games increased by 33% while spending on music streaming and record sales increased by 14%, with the vast majority of this spend, 97%, taking place online.