New Year sales kicked off early in
Sicily and Basilicata Monday ahead of their start across Italy
on January 5.
Retail group Confcommercio said each Italian household will
spend an average 344 euros in the sales.
With purchases of clothes, shoes and accessories leading the
way, the sales should reap a total of 5.3 billion euros, it
said.
"After a so-so Christmas, hope now turns to the sales," said
Confcommercio Vice President Renato Borghi.
But they won't be boom sales. Our estimate is that Italians
will spend on average like last year".
Another retail group, Confesercenti, estimated that each of
the 14.6 million households set to buy in the sales would spend
an average 337 euros.
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