In times past people might not have regarded supermarket workers as essential to the smooth and orderly working of our lives. Retail revolution part 1When the crisis started, Ireland was most definitely lagging behind in the online retail race. Retail revolution part 2As people spent more time in their local communities, they started discovering local shops and spending more money in them. Instead of mourning the loss of greengrocers and butchers and booksellers and off-licences from their neighbourhoods, people started shopping in them. Photograph: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via GettyIn times past Irish people were surely among the worse queuers in the world.

Source: The Irish Times June 06, 2021 22:52 UTC