– For the first time after 8 years consumption linked to the Christmas holidays return to record positive sign, with a up 3% on the previous year and a turnover of 10.1 billion euro . It says Codacons that to drive consumption are gifts, toys, hi-tech and food. For the latter spending reaches 2.8 billion euro , an increase of 5% on 2014.
Do you suffer from the travel industry – But there is a false note, according to Codacons. It has in fact been a marked decrease in bookings for holidays or short stays abroad by Italians, determined by fear of attacks after the serious events in Paris.
Data – In general consumption Christmas have gone even better than expected and the forecasts and spending per capita has exceeded EUR 168. “They’ve been proven wrong so the usual ‘crows’ of Christmas, that is, those who had talked about spending stopped or decreased for families and a Christmas bitter that not only there was, but even proved sweeter expectations – explains the association of consumers.
“But – says the president Carlo Rienzi – the difference in spending compared to the pre-crisis period is still very high: in 2007 ‘s ‘Christmas effect’, ie higher consumption for Christmas shopping done in December at shops, supermarkets and shopping centers, and ‘amounted to 18 billion euro. In 2015, instead of spending the entire Italian Christmas ‘was of 10.1 billion euro: this’ means that you are still 7.9 billion euro of lower consumption to recover. “
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