You didn't say where do you live because I think there is a different situation in each country but if you want to speak generally I can see during the recent years due to the economic crisis all over the world many people lost their jobs and many businesses were closed also the financial markets were surfing some emotional reactions buy newcomer traders and we saw many sharp price movements also this could make some people rich but in the other hand there are more people suffering economic problems.
You aren't reading the replies above you.
Romania is my country
Anyway, for OP, people are just spending wise since inflation is almost everywhere and I think it happens to every country.