Sales: Confcommercio estimates over -40% household spending

(ANSA) - ROME, JULY 25 - The smartworking that empties the center of the cities, the layoffs that weighs on household incomes, fears about the economic crisis triggered by the Covid emergency that push to save more than to spend weigh on the summer sales. According to the estimates of the Confcommercio office, "this year each family will spend more than 40% less on the purchase of pre-paid and on average 135 euros, less than 60 euros per capita, for a total value of around 2.1 billion EUR".
    Starting with the sales, the association remembers, "the first were Sicily and Calabria, followed a few days ago by Campania and today, with a change of date during the race, three regions, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lombardy and Piedmont, anticipate the start. "Italy holds fast and waits for August 1. They are the crazy sales at the time of Covid". The choice of dates did not please traders: "It is a pity that the Conference of the Regions, instead of confirming the single date on August 1st, has left the Regions the freedom to choose whether to anticipate a week or not, effectively creating inopportune neighboring traterritorial competitions ", comments the president of the Federation of Italy-Fashion Confcommercio, Renato Borghi. (HANDLE).