November sales ring up record high thanks to Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Massive shopping sprees on Black Friday and Cyber Monday topped off a record month of spending in November.

The latest Visa Europe Irish Consumer Spending Index reveals the largest growth in face-to-face spending, it has ever recorded, as Black Friday helped drive a 6.6% rise in spending last month.

Discretionary spending among Irish households has risen throughout the 15 months of data availability so far, with strong growth particularly visible during the second half of 2015.