The main houses of home appliances They showed a greater movement than usual in the run-up to the electoral contest as consumers turned to purchasing white goods and electronic items, before this Sunday’s elections.
The biggest concern expressed by those who stood in lines that were longer than a block long was that the products increase strongly after the elections.
The sellers couldn’t cope, which caused a bottleneck through which a long line that extended to a block, and cars parked in double rows.
Consumption: important purchases of household items
According to him Institute of Mass Consumption Studies (INDECOM), there was a significant increase in the consumption of food, appliances, travel and household items.
The survey was carried out between October 5 and 17, comparing the corresponding consumption data with that of the same period of the last twelve months.
To do this, 368 retail and wholesale businesses, 125 hotels, 16 real estate agencies, eleven travel agencies, seven long-distance bus companies and three air transport companies were consulted.
According to the study, a greater flow of food purchases in large supermarket and wholesale chains, with an average increase of 22.8%, due to people looking for stock heading into Sunday.
After the STEP elections In August there was a 20% devaluation, so people’s fear is that a devaluation will occur again. similar phenomenon.
Consumption: which were the most demanded items
On the household appliances side, there was an increase in consumption of 18.7% on average in the last two weeks, which was driven by the government money injectionthrough state aid, and for purchases for Mother’s Day.
In this section, the sales of cell phones, tablets and smart TVs.
Another aspect that the work emphasizes is the price remarks that some areas would be thinking about, starting next Monday: “The sale of electronic items “They are already speculating offline with increases of between 15 and 20 percent since Monday the 23rd, that is, less than 24 hours before the general elections.”
In that sense, Calvete highlighted that, in turn, there is “a significant shortage of products, motivated by the uncertainty generated by a possible dollar stampede starting next week.”
“The companies they prefer to reduce the offer and even close their doors, speculating that it will be more profitable for them to sell their products starting Monday,” he lamented.
Source: Ambito
