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Voters and buyers: Israelis flock to stores on Election Day Israel today

2021-03-23T12:01:32.192Z


| consumption The combination of a day off, a locksmith departure and proximity to Passover caused Israelis to storm the shops and malls en masse • ​​"Going to triple the redemptions compared to a normal day" Election Day at the Azrieli Mall in Haifa Photo:  Hertz Shapira The sabbatical that took place as part of the election and the hot weather caused a significant increase in visits to malls and shopping


The combination of a day off, a locksmith departure and proximity to Passover caused Israelis to storm the shops and malls en masse • ​​"Going to triple the redemptions compared to a normal day"

  • Election Day at the Azrieli Mall in Haifa

    Photo: 

    Hertz Shapira

The sabbatical that took place as part of the election and the hot weather caused a significant increase in visits to malls and shopping in the various chains.

The proximity to Passover caused the people of Israel to stock up on fashion items, housewares, food and more.

Menachem Maudi, CEO of "Ofer Bilu Center Outlet", told "Israel Today" that "this is a shopping hysteria that Aviv has reached Pesach.

It's a real celebration, everything is great and in control.

From 8:30 our parking lot was blown up.

People arrived an hour before opening to grab a parking space, so we spontaneously opened at 9:00, which is earlier than usual.

People lined up at the doors, so it was impossible to leave them outside.

According to forecasts for today, we expect 80,000 visitors.

This is compared to 20,000 visitors on a normal day and 60,000 visitors on a Saturday.

We are going to triple the redemptions today compared to a normal day and double compared to Saturday. "

Regarding the nature of the shopping, Maudi says that "people are getting ready for Passover and spring and this is also an outlet after they were closed and locked in houses. The three parameters connected and took the people of Israel to malls, especially with us because we are outlets with attractive prices and tempting to come to us. "Gifts for NIS 20, such as a jar with 6 cups instead of NIS 80. In addition, many chains offer a 50% discount, which is a special offer for Bilu. 50% on brands based on Jesus' instincts and happy in stores." 

"Expect a 50-70% increase in the number of visitors compared to a normal day" 

Guy Keren, CEO of the Kryon Mall, added: “All last week there has been a lively movement of customers, and today the traffic has grown greatly.

There are very many people who take advantage of the holiday and election day to get ready and shop.

However, everyone is very disciplined and wearing masks, there are no queues and everything is in order.

We have positive loads both in the parking lots and in the mall, under the restrictions in light of what is allowed.

We expect a 50-70% increase in the number of visitors compared to a normal day.

In the last election, we reached 40-42,000 visitors because we, as a very large regional mall, serve customers from Haifa to Rosh Hanikra. "   

He added: "Customers buy everything. See bags with housewares and lots of fashion and gifts. Everyone takes advantage of the day to shop for the holiday eve. The stores have eliminated the winter collection and now they offer discounts on the spring and summer collection. Redemption on election days increased by 100% and more. I wish it would be like this today and it seems that it will be like this from what we see. "

In Big Shopping Centers, there has been a lively movement of shoppers since the morning.

Big Shopping Centers reported that the combination of the holiday, the Sabbath and the prolonged closure took the people of Israel out shopping.

A sample of the redemptions could already be seen in the late morning hours an increase of about 50% compared to a normal day.

Networks also report lively traffic and attractive promotions.

"Pre-holiday shopping for Election Day" 

According to Dan Itamar, Brill Group's VP of Marketing and CEO of Nautica Timberland, their assessment is that the current election day will be stronger than March 2020. The reasons are that coming back to life makes people want to spend time and have nowhere to spend the money right now. To and they spend money on clothes.  

"We are days before the holiday and people are already ahead of the holiday shopping today. In addition, usually during this period the stock of the end of the season. This year because the stores were closed, there are large stocks from winter alongside the new collections and there are many discounts. For example. The new one, they pay 350 shekels, without Cooper there are gins starting from 149 shekels from the new collection,

At Nautica we offer 50% on the first item, 60% on the second, 70% on the third, on the winter collection and in Timberland 50% on the first item and 60% on the second.

In addition, club members receive an additional 10%.

In addition, the weather is doing well for the malls and we did not anticipate this weather.

I estimate that the sales turnover will increase fivefold compared to a normal day. "

Holiday shopping and estimates for trips as part of the Sabbath day have boosted sales at food chains.

According to Yossi Shalio, VP of marketing and commerce at the Tiv Ta'am chain, "From this morning we have been seeing shopping for the holiday since the holiday has four more days plus assessments for trips and grills, which doubles in strength.

People are on vacation and they take advantage of the day for shopping, hiking, barbecues and social gatherings.

Consumers mainly shop for the holiday such as: meat, fish, poultry, vegetables and holiday table products from everything nearby.

In addition, they buy pitas for trips, kebabs, burgers, chicken skewers and steaks, all the things that go on the grill.

I assume that there will be a 50-70% increase in turnover compared to a normal day. "





According to data from the Shebaa Company, Automated Banking Services, the director of the national credit card payment system, it appears that between 9:00 and 12:00 this morning, Israelis spent 316.5 million Compared to the data at this time on the day of the 23rd Knesset elections held on March 2, 2020, this is a decrease of 5.8% - then expenses were recorded in credit cards amounting to NIS 336 million.The busiest minute during the morning was 11:43. Expenditure of NIS 2.52 million was recorded.





Source: israelhayom

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