Statistics New Zealand has released retail sales data for March, which shows that supermarket sales have boomed while virtually every other category of spending collapsed:
Groceries had record-high sales in March, but retail card spending fell across the board during the month from clothes to fuel.
Total retail sales fell $231 million (3.9 percent) in March 2020, after adjusting for seasonal effects, the biggest fall on record in both percentage and dollar terms.
