How COVID-19 Could Change Australian Shopping Habits Forever

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The coronavirus lockdown may have changed Australian shopping habits forever, with spending on online food delivery up 192 per cent. With families now used to doing their online supermarket orders, they may be unlikely to venture back into stores regularly, even when the lockdown ends. Online gambling has also risen by 71 per cent, with pokies closed across the country, and there has been a surge in demand for subscription TV services.  But many households have been use the time to try some DIY, with spending on home improvements up 38 per cent and furniture shopping up 57 per cent as people kit out their home office.

Taking the biggest hit was the gym and fitness industry, with spending down 95 per cent, followed by entertainment venues, with people spending 85 per cent less. Tables and chairs in an empty bistro area is seen at the Notting Hill pub on March 23 in Melbourne (pictured), with spending on entertainment down 85 per cent across Australia Spending on food delivery, including Uber Eats and Menulong, has shot up by 192 per cent (pictured in Sydney) Instead of drinking in pubs and hotels, Australians are instead turning to the bottle shop, with spending having increased by 35 per cent on alcohol and tobacco.

Data from analytics firm, AlphaBeta, showed far less money was being spent on usually pricey essentials, such as public transport and travel. With thousands of Australians now set up to work from home, those spending habits could be unlikely to ever go back to normal.  'There are a lot of consumer trends that this crisis has really accelerated,' Dr Andrew Charlton, an economic advisor to Kevin Rudd, told the Sydney Morning Herald.  'In some ways Australia has been a bit of a laggard in online shopping, but this crisis has forced many people to get a login, open an account and work out how things work.  'And I don't think they'll ever go back.' In total, spending across the whole economy was 14 per cent lower than is average for the last week, April 13-20, in a normal year.  A lone person walks through an empty shopping arcade on April 5 in Melbourne, as total spending plummeted by 14 per cent last week, compared to an average April  Instead of drinking in pubs and hotels, Australians are instead turning to the bottle shop (pictured), with spending having increased by 35 per cent on alcohol and tobacco Much of the country's high street was already struggling before the pandemic hit, partly due to the rise in online shopping.

Household names like Harris Scarfe, Bardot, Roger David, and Napoleon Perdis have all shut their doors in the past year, resulting in heavy job losses.  With online shopping now more popular than ever, there are fears the retail apocalypse will only get worse.  RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Northern Territory lifts coronavirus lockdown | Daily Mail Online Australia considers opening up its borders to New Zealand | Daily Mail Online Share this article Share The figures showed the lockdown also had the risk of increasing inequality.

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