The majority of Russians (62%) shop specifically for the summer; They mostly spend it on clothing, travel or renovations. This is evidenced by data from a study conducted by the Odnoklassniki social network together with YuKassa, the service for accepting online and offline payments available on socialbites.ca.
“The most popular spending item was new clothes (20%), and the second most popular spending item was holidays (14%). “11 percent of those surveyed plan to spend the most on home repairs and improvements,” he says.
Additionally, 11% of participants spend money on gifts for special occasions, and 9% increase their sports spending.
As for the volume of expenses, more than a quarter (29%) of survey participants spend more than 25 thousand rubles for purchases, 17% – 25-50 and 50-100 thousand each, 11% – 100-250 and 250-500 thousand.
“10 percent of respondents do not plan any additional expenses on the eve of the summer season, and 5 percent will pay more than 500 thousand rubles or will not count expenses,” the study said.
The survey was conducted among users on the YuMoney website in May 2024, and more than 1 thousand people participated.
Before that, in the press service of “Check Index”, the analytical resource of the company OFD Platform reported “socialbites.ca” said that this year they started buying more swimsuits, sunglasses, sunscreen and baseball caps in Russia.
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Source: Gazeta
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