In late winter and early spring, sales of anti-stress toys increased one and a half times, and sales of nutritional supplements increased by more than a third. Demand for tranquilizers was increasing at double-digit rates. This was demonstrated by the study of an advanced analytical system for managing commodity business on JVO marketplaces (resident in Skolkovo), the results of which were reviewed by socialbites.ca.
From February 19 to March 17, sales of nutritional supplements increased by 37% year-on-year, a survey of more than 3 thousand Russian e-commerce sellers showed. Demand for vitamin-mineral complexes (+39% on an annual basis) and over-the-counter sedatives (+38%) grew fastest. Sale of drugs to maintain the quality of skin, nails and hair (+36%), sales of drugs to prevent joint diseases (34%), sales of drugs to strengthen the nervous system and brain function (+31%) and maintenance of the growth of the gastrointestinal tract is slightly less active occurred at a faster pace (+28%).
Sales of nutritional supplements are at their most active rates in St. It increased in St. Petersburg (+40%), Omsk region (+39%), Novosibirsk region (+38%), Moscow (+37%) and Voronezh region (+37%). .
Demand for non-prescription tranquilizers is particularly evident in Moscow (+44%), St. High rates of increase were observed in St. Petersburg (+42%) and the Krasnodar Territory (+42%) and in Volgograd. region (+41%), Nizhny Novgorod region (+40%), Samara (+40%), Rostov (+39%) and Novosibirsk (+38%) regions.
Additionally, sales of kinetic toys, compact massagers, balls, puzzles, bubbles and magnets increased overall by one and a half times (+53%). The demand for anti-stress toys is most active in the Saratov (+59%) and Voronezh regions (+59%), Bashkortostan (+58%), St. increased in St. Petersburg (+56%) and in the Sverdlovsk region (+59%). +55%).
In parallel, JVO conducted a survey among a large sample of Russians this spring on their psychological state.
It was revealed that more than a third of respondents (38%) began to experience stress more frequently in the first half of March compared to last winter. In the first half of March, one in four (24%) took over-the-counter tranquilizers “much more often” (7%) or “generally more often” (17%) than last winter, and almost one in five (18%) took vitamins from late winter. /increased consumption of nutritional supplements.
previously psychologist appreciated Benefits of anti-stress toys for children.