In the corona crisis, moving back to the home had a significant impact on some prices, as a study shows using various products.
How has the
corona crisis *
affected the prices of various products?
This reveals a study by the consumer
portal Testberichte.de
, for which various prices and the number of offers were evaluated in over 1,000 product categories in the period from May 2019 to February 2021.
The
“top 20 list” of price increases
since the beginning of the pandemic reads like a “who's who” of typical “corona products”, the press release said;
they can all be assigned to the
“cocooning” trend
, that is, to
retreat into the home
.
Study on the corona crisis: price increases for webcams, bicycle ergometers and milk frothers
In the
computer
sector, according to the study, “in addition to
webcams
(99 percent price increase),
desktop PCs
(79 percent),
graphics cards
(34 percent),
printers
(19 percent) and
gaming chairs
(13 percent) are
particularly
affected." "In particular,
raclettes
(31 percent),
kitchen machines
(25 percent),
dishwashers
(21 percent),
deep fryers
(17 percent),
milk frothers
(14 percent),
ice machines
and
refrigerators
(13 percent each)", as the message also says .
According to the analysis
,
curfews
, closed fitness studios and sports clubs had an impact "in particular on
exercise bikes
(22 percent), cross-
trainers
(18 percent) and
rowing machines
(14 percent)".
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Withdrawal to home in the corona crisis - effect on prices
The first lockdown
in China in February 2020 led to a noticeable
shortage of supply
in Germany, as
Testreports.de
further
reports
on the results of the study.
“The average daily number of offers per webcam model displayed on Testreports.de fell from around 28 in February 2020 to just under 10 in June.
After that, the number of offers rose again to the old level by December, but obviously encountered increasing demand. "
Because the
average
price of
a webcam
"in no way fell with the improvement in the offer, but rose almost continuously - from just under 70 euros in February 2020 to around 130 euros in December".
This corresponds to an
average price increase of around 100 percent within one year
- "the highest measured price increase in the evaluation based on an entire product category".
A “small dent” in the price curve down from July to September 2020 could point to the VAT reduction, as the background explains, “but also to the fact that there were hardly any restrictions in Germany in the summer and thus the demand was lower was ".
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Kitchen machines, cross trainers, printers, clinical thermometers and hair clippers
Similar
“Corona-typical” curves
for the supply situation and price level can be found in numerous other product categories: “While the
supply shortage and price increases
for cross
trainers
had an effect, especially in the first wave in spring 2020, the curves for
kitchen machines
have changed
much more sharply since the beginning of the second Lockdowns in the fall. "
Webcams
, cross
trainers
and
kitchen machines
, but also
clinical
thermometers
,
hair clippers
,
printers
and
graphics cards
were in demand during the corona crisis.
“What they all have in common is that prices have so far not decreased or only decreased insignificantly since their“ Corona peak ”,” the message says.
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Study: In some cases “drastic” surcharges for individual models
For
individual models
are
surcharges "particularly dramatic"
, reports the portal at the mentioned study, "The Canon Pixma MG 5750 cost in February 2020 an average of 104 euros, a year later, there are almost 420 euros - more than four times." Next is it in the message: “Anyone who bought the Kenwood Cooking Chef KM 096 in February 2020 did not have to pay 1,000 euros for it.
Since the beginning of 2021, the food processor has been stable at 2,900 euros, almost three times as much. ”And the Logitech HD Webcam C310 rose, according to the information,“ from 44 euros in February to 103 euros in December.
After all, their price is falling again and in February 2021 was “only” at 86 euros - and the trend continues to fall. ”With the two printer and kitchen machine models, however,“ no trend reversal is in sight ”so far.
The number of offers and prices from May 2019 to February 2021 for products from over 1,000 product categories on
Testberichte.de were evaluated
, according to the message on the background of the study.
Considered were "only products for which at least one offer was consistently available from an online shop and only product categories with at least 100,000 hits in 2020".
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