East May 10 It will leave an economic spill of 62,400 million pesos for the commerce, services and tourism sector, an amount that would exceed 30% the sales of the Mother’s Day celebration prior to the Covid-19 pandemic registered in 2019, predicts the Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Concanaco-Servytur).
Hector Tejada Shaar, president of the concanacohighlighted that before the economic revivala “commercial party” is expected, with notable benefits to underpin the growth of the tertiary sector, especially for specialized businesses in food and entertainment -restaurants, bars, event halls-, clothing stores, footwear, flower and candy stores, chocolate shops, among others. others.
The sales registered during 2019 were 48,000 million pesos, and for 2020 – the year of the coronavirus outbreak – they showed a spill of 12,000 million pesos nationwide, considering online stores.
For his part, he recalled that since 2021, commercial activity showed an improvement to obtain a spill of 33,000 million pesos during this emblematic time
“The expected economic benefit for this Mother’s Day would be 30% higher than that registered by the National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic. It will also exceed the economic benefits announced in 2020 and 2021, when capacity restrictions and other measures used to mitigate infections by the new coronavirus affected sales,” said the president of concanaco.
The most frequent purchase or consumption ticket will be this May 10, in a range between 500 and 1,100 pesos, according to the sampling carried out among the 257 National Chambers, which affiliate more than 800,000 companies in the tertiary sector.
The most demanded items on May 10 are mainly women’s clothing and accessories, cosmetics, perfumes, white goods and electronics, which are purchased through various payment methods such as debit and credit cards, cash or digital transactions.
Tejada Shaar called on merchants to continue to respect all safety and hygiene measures, not increase prices and implement technological tools that allow consumers to have better information about products and services; The goal is to make customers feel well cared for and for the investment to celebrate mothers to exceed their expectations and increase consumption.
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