Australians and Media

cent: Research from ING released on Wednesday revealed over a third of Australians 34 per cent admit shopping through social media has led to unplanned purchases, according to Nine News Australia. On average Australians are spending an extra 860 annually, with 20 per cent revealing they consider buying something on social media every time they scroll through their feed. To improve your experience update it here News National Social media splurging costing Aussies 16b a year By AAP2 20pm Oct 2, 2019Facebook Tweet Mail It only takes a quick scroll and some clicks to buy online and for Australians the dollars are adding up with more than 16 billion spent on shopping via social media each year. ING's Head of Retail Melanie Evans said close to a quarter of respondents admitted to not keeping track of their online spending. Online shopping is big business in Australia. Online shopping is undoubtedly very convenient and the recent emergence of shopping via social media has made it easier than ever to get what we want, but it's also easy to unintentionally overspend, Ms Evans said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.