(Finance) – The sales for the season winter among the hopes of traders who count on improving the already good results recorded during the Christmas period. Today the first Regions to open up to discounts were Sicily and Basilicata. “With the start of the sales in Sicily starting today we hope to give a further shock to consumption on the island which, fortunately, in the days leading up to Christmas, recorded a more decisive increase than in other years, on a +5.6% (data from our research office) which allow us to anticipate the best, especially in the large Sicilian cities”, declared the regional president of Confcommercio Sicilia, Gianluca Keep it.
“The start of the reduced prices on January 2 will be good for trade and consumers. – declared the regional councilor for productive activities, Edy Tamajo – the measure that we have shared in agreement with the associations representing small traders, has in fact the very purpose of giving lifeblood to shopkeepers who will be able to collect liquidity essential for their survival and provide better purchase opportunities for users “.
The programming in the Region was established with a decree last April by the Regional Department of Productive Activities and provides for the winter sales from 2 January to 15 March 2023, while the summer ones from 1 July to 15 September 2023. The calendar also fixed the periods for sales promotional: from 16 March to 30 June and from 16 September to 31 December 2023.
Confcommerce Tuscany instead he estimated that six out of ten Tuscans, around 60%, will buy clothing items on sale for the winter round of end-of-season sales starting on 5 January. “In December, the points of sale recorded a greater movement, especially in the art cities overwhelmed by tourists,” he says Paul Mantovanipresident of Federmoda-Confcommercio Toscana, according to which foreign tourists in some places could increase the overall turnover.