Clare consumers are spending less money buying good and services online and are spending less time on the Internet, according to a landmark report that has just been published by Dublin-based digital communications consultancy, Net Behaviour.According to businessworld.ie, the NB Consumer Index shows that, since 2007, there has been a 2pc fall in the quantities of products and services purchased on the Internet. Purchases of 'luxury items' have seen a sharper decline, with purchases of flights down by 5pc, hotel bookings by 7pc and videos and DVDs by 5pc.
The research - which was carried out by Monitrack Internet Research - also indicates a drop of around 4pc in the amount of time that consumers spend online researching products to buy.
