Official Statistics
Online shopping, hobbies and habits - how our spending has changed since the start of the pandemic
Restrictions during lockdowns impacted where we could spend our money, pushing up the proportion of online retail sales to an all-time high. This article analyses RSI, CHAPS, and Revolut data to explore what people were spending their money on from 2020 onwards and whether that spending has changed since the end of restrictions.
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Published 11 July 2022