{"id":23468,"date":"2021-01-02T06:33:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T06:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/?p=23468"},"modified":"2021-01-02T06:33:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T06:33:28","slug":"spent-less-saved-more-what-we-bought-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/2021\/01\/02\/spent-less-saved-more-what-we-bought-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Spent less, saved more: What we bought this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">People spent less and saved more in 2020 as the pandemic led to shops, pubs and attractions being closed down.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Consumer spending was down 7.1%, says Barclaycard, which tracks almost half of all credit and debit card spending.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>However spending on essential items climbed 4.1%, while independent businesses benefited as many more of us shopped locally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Meanwhile Brits working from home saved an average \u00a3110 a week, according to a separate survey from Aldermore Bank.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&#8220;2020 has accelerated many trends,&#8221; said Raheel Ahmed, head of consumer products at Barclaycard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&#8220;E-commerce has seen huge growth, working from home has meant many are shopping more locally and experiences within the home, such as virtual work-outs have become the norm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People spent less and saved more in 2020 as the pandemic led to shops, pubs and attractions being closed down. Consumer spending was down 7.1%, says Barclaycard, which tracks almost half of all credit and debit card spending. However spending on essential items climbed 4.1%, while independent businesses benefited as many more of us shopped locally. Meanwhile Brits working from home saved an average &pound;110 a week, according to a separate survey from Aldermore Bank. &ldquo;2020 has accelerated many trends,&rdquo; said Raheel Ahmed, head of consumer products at Barclaycard. &ldquo;E-commerce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23468"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23470,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23468\/revisions\/23470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}