Sale: off early tomorrow in Sicily, cautious running the deal – AGI – Agenzia Journalistic Italy

         01.01.2016 11:19

(AGI) – Palermo, Jan. 1 – Starts tomorrow balances in Sicily. A ‘moderate and cautious’ – according to the trade associations and consumer – run to the deal, which will shoot’ three days in advance for the decision of the Sicilian Region. According confesercenti average spending will amount ‘about 150 euro, 140 seconds Codacons. “We welcome the winter sales. Our wish and ‘that the start of the sales season will bring important benefits to our category that right now is still sofferendo”, says the president of Confcommercio Messina, Carmelo Picciotto. “No surge in sales during the winter sales in 2016, but spending stable compared to 2015,” predicts Codacons. According to the survey on willingness to buy during the sales made by Codacons this year almost 40% take advantage ‘of the balances, but with targeted purchases and a budget that will remain’ substantially stable compared to last year, at around 140 EUR per family. Underlying the lack of recovery in sales, excessive proximity between the Christmas holidays and the start of the sales. “The citizens come the start of the end of season discounts with portfolios already ‘emptied by spending the Christmas holidays and year-end – explains Francesco Tanasi, national secretary of Codacons – This prevents a large portion of the population to take advantage of the sales, and severely limits the overall expense of the Italians. And ‘all the more necessary to review the policy of totally end of season discounts, liberalizing the sector and allowing greater freedom’ of choice to merchants. ” (AGI)
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