Online retail sales drop 10% in July as lockdown easing triggers “shift in spending patterns”

Online retail sales dropped 10 per cent in July as pubs and restaurants opened triggering “a shift in spending patterns amongst consumers”.
Online sales throughout July saw a “sharp decline” of 10 per cent compared to a month earlier, according to the latest figures from IMRG’s online sales index.
Sales also dropped 10 per cent year-on-year in the week commencing July 5 as lockdown measures were eased, but this decline was short lived and online sales returned to a