Consumer Corner: How to cut back on social media shopping

When it's just a click of a button away, its hard to resist the impulse to buy - but do you really need it?

A woman is shopping on a digital tablet on a shopping website on the internet. Screen content is photographer's own design/imagery.

In the 'olden days' the most temptation we had when shopping was the chocolate bars at the till when we were waiting to pay for our groceries. Things are very different now in this world of technology domination and temptation is rife when it comes to shopping. Especially online.

Online spending is having a moment and more and more people and clicking for their items online. According to PayPay online shopping in Ireland increased 41% alone last year. E-commerce sales accounted for 13.2% of total sales in 2021 and the number of females purchasing online is substantially higher than males.