It’s in the bag: shoppers shun wrapping paper this Christmas

THE tricky skill of wrapping presents is fast becoming a thing of the past as Christmas shoppers prefer to choose a gift bag.

Supermarket chain Tesco has reported that the demand for wrapping paper has dropped by 17% in recent years.

But rather than indicating that people are buying fewer presents, the company has also experienced a 62% rise in demand for gift bags at its stores in Ireland and Britain.