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03/29/2016
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4 out of 10 Brazilians bought chocolates to Easter Sunday.
Principal payment was in cash in cash.
Survey conducted by the Credit Protection Service (SPC Brazil) and the National Confederation of Shopkeepers (CNDL) shows that 4 in 10 Americans (41.9%) bought chocolates to celebrate the holiday to Easter Sunday eve.
Many consumers left their shopping to the last minute (Photo: Karla Cabral / G1)
According to the survey, 37.8% of respondents said they reduced the amount of spending compared to last year, either because of unemployment, being more indebted or salary reduction. Other 28.3% of respondents said they spend more than at Easter 2015 because of perceived increase in chocolate prices. On average, the total Brazilian expense was R $ 106. The survey takes into account both the consumers who had already bought gifts before Easter to the left than to buy last minute.
This year, the most popular items were chocolate eggs, cited by 66.4% of consumers who made a purchase for Easter. With very close percentage were bonbons (44.1%) and chocolate bars, with 63.3% of mentions. The Easter Colomba (8.4%) and the teddy bears (2.3%) complete the list of most purchased products.
Cash and view
As for buying local, supermarkets (58.9%) led off with, well ahead of the shopping center (24.0%) and high street stores (20.1%). Research also shows that the payment of eggs and chocolates to view cash stands out as the main modality used by consumers (52.2%), positioning itself ahead of the credit card view (21.8%) and of installment credit card (8.8%).
"The data is consistent with the current economic times, when people are forced to cut costs to circumvent inflation and also are less secure in their jobs. So the ideal is to avoid abuse of installment payments and perform all payments to view, "guides the financial educator portal 'My Pocket Happy' Jose Vignoli.
Source: G1
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