{"id":91806,"date":"2021-02-22T14:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T03:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/22\/cashback-and-covid-changing-money-habits-of-consumers\/"},"modified":"2021-02-22T14:46:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T03:46:00","slug":"cashback-and-covid-changing-money-habits-of-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/22\/cashback-and-covid-changing-money-habits-of-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Cashback and Covid: Changing Money Habits of Consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SYDNEY<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 22, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; <i><span id=\"spanHghlt0261\"><span class=\"xn-location\">Australia&#8217;s<\/span> latest cashback platform Kickback notes that the<\/span>&#160;COVID-19 crisis is changing the way&#160;<span id=\"spanHghlt1a14\">people&#160;spend<\/span> money, with the rapid adoption of online commerce and use of cashback sites among the most significant pandemic lifestyle changes.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Key Figures:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Around one in five (21%) Australians experienced high or very high levels of psychological distress in <span class=\"xn-chron\">November 2020<\/span>. <sup><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/sup> <\/li>\n<li>Two in five (40%) Australians reported they were uncomfortable or very uncomfortable with shopping at a large complex or mall because of COVID-19. <sup><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/sup> <\/li>\n<li>One in three (33%) Australians reported they prefer to do more shopping online than before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.<sup><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/sup> <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Australia&#8217;s<\/span> latest cashback platform, Kickback, launched at the start of the Covid crisis and has experienced rapid growth. Kickback has just introduced an industry first &#8216;Product Search&#8217; feature to keep up with savvy shopper demand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As the Pandemic forces shoppers online, <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia&#8217;s<\/span> latest cashback site has launched an industry first &#8216;Product Search&#8217; feature to keep up with customer demand.<\/p>\n<p>Head of Marketing for Kickback Tahshi Payne said that the update makes it easier for shoppers to find the product they want and then compare brands and cashback rates.<\/p>\n<p>&#034;Online shoppers are becoming increasingly savvy and this update makes shopping even easier and more rewarding,&#034; she said.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Miss Payne<\/span> added that Kickback lists more than six million products from its partner networks, with more to come. <\/p>\n<p>&#034;This is the first time this has been done in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> on a cashback site. We&#8217;re excited to be launching our latest innovation into this increasingly competitive space.&#034; <\/p>\n<p>Tahshi Payne said that the shift toward online shopping, adoption of contactless payment channels and growing cash consciousness have all contributed to the popularity of cashback sites.<\/p>\n<p>&#034;Australians are feeling safer and more comfortable shopping and spending online, and cash back offers a simple way to save money and see instant <span id=\"spanHghltcbb3\">rewards.&#034; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span id=\"spanHghltd3af\">For m<\/span>ore information on Kickback, please visit <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kickback.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.kickback.com.au<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prntblns\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">[1]&#160;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/statistics\/people\/people-and-communities\/household-impacts-covid-19-survey\/latest-release#emotional-and-mental-wellbeing\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/statistics\/people\/people-and-communities\/household-impacts-covid-19-survey\/latest-release#emotional-and-mental-wellbeing<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">[2]&#160;<u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/statistics\/people\/people-and-communities\/household-impacts-covid-19-survey\/latest-release#emotional-and-mental-wellbeing\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/statistics\/people\/people-and-communities\/household-impacts-covid-19-survey\/latest-release#emotional-and-mental-wellbeing<\/a><\/u>&#160;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">[3]&#160;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/statistics\/people\/people-and-communities\/household-impacts-covid-19-survey\/latest-release#emotional-and-mental-wellbeing\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/statistics\/people\/people-and-communities\/household-impacts-covid-19-survey\/latest-release#emotional-and-mental-wellbeing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>Related Links :<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.kickback.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY, Feb. 22, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Australia&#8217;s latest cashback platform Kickback notes that the&#160;COVID-19 crisis is changing the way&#160;people&#160;spend money,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}