Industries · Retail & e-commerce · Ireland · Sunday, 4 October 2026

Retail & e-commerce in Ireland

What people here follow in this industry today, what they spend on it and what it costs, from public data.

Retail & e-commerce

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In the news here

Cost of living
1.4% of the news

The numbers

Clothing and shoes

How fast prices rise (over a year): 3.1% Aug 2026 · Eurostat
How pricey it is against the world (World average = 100): 130.3 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021
What households spend per person (US$ per person a year): US$1,156 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021

Furniture and household goods

How fast prices rise (over a year): 0.3% Aug 2026 · Eurostat
How pricey it is against the world (World average = 100): 128.2 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021
What households spend per person (US$ per person a year): US$1,125 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021

Personal care and other

How fast prices rise (over a year): 2.7% Aug 2026 · Eurostat
How pricey it is against the world (World average = 100): 153.7 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021
What households spend per person (US$ per person a year): US$3,608 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021

How big the sector is

Share of the economy · services: 56.7% 2025 · World Bank
Share of jobs · services: 77.9% 2025 · World Bank (ILO estimate)

Spending and price levels are the World Bank’s latest benchmark (ICP 2021); price rises are the latest month from the OECD and Eurostat. Whole spending categories, not single products.

What we can and can’t see

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What households spend per person
How pricey it is against the world
How fast prices rise
The sector’s share of the economy
The sector’s share of jobs
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Pulse

Pulse: what readers say

Over the next year, do you think retail & e-commerce will grow, stay the same or shrink where you live?

Readers who answered, not a representative sample.