7/12/2011 00:00:00
Christmas undertone, but certainly not disastrous for consumption. According to Confcommercio research department, that referred to ISTAT, EUROSTAT, CONSUMI&PREZZI (CONFCOMMERCIO), FORMAT-CONFCOMMERCIO (Nov. 2011) data, the sentiment is still negative but not depressed and anyway not worse than last year. According to 80.9% of the Italians, this will be an undertone Christmas (86.3% in 2010) and 88.2% will buy gifts (2.4% less than in 2010). The share of respondents who like the rite of the Christmas gift remains stable (a bit less than 50%). “When questions become more precise – explains Confcommercio – more critical points emerge: penalized publishing, clothing and appliances; some back down for technology (this is a change from the past). Food, wines, perfumes, cosmetics and toys are relatively all right. The share of consumers who will buy gifts via internet doubled, reaching over 13%.
