The Cold Weather In Britain Has Led To A Sharp Increase In Net Purchases Of Winter Clothing.

< p > recently, the cold weather in Britain has greatly helped retailers. Under the influence of cold currents, people who buy warm clothing and warm clothing suddenly increase, making clothing sales an engine to promote the growth of retail industry. In addition, the cold weather has encouraged online sales. Many consumers are willing to stay at home and buy things online rather than go out shopping in cold winds and bitter rain. < /p >
< p > from Broadcasting British Corporation (BBC)'s recent report, Carter, head of the retail Statistics Department of the British Statistical Bureau, said: "last month, clothing retailers performed well. The total sales volume of < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > retail industry < /a > increased by 2% over the same period last year. This is mainly due to the recent cold weather in the UK, which has promoted the growth of warm winter clothing sales. " < /p >
< p > sales of all kinds of textiles, < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > garments > /a >, shoes sales increased by 3.8%. Online sales are more noticeable and total sales have increased by 11.9%. Online shopping saves the gasoline consumption of driving shopping, which is one of the reasons for the rapid growth of online shopping. < /p >
< p > a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > retail "/a" has always been regarded as an important indicator of consumer confidence, because when consumers spend money in stores, it means that the economy has really improved. British retailers said that retail sales grew slowly at the beginning, but when the cold weather hit, people buying winter clothes suddenly increased. < /p >
< p > in addition, according to the latest data, in the Christmas shopping season, because of the bad weather, the customers who visited the high street shops were much less. On the contrary, the number of people shopping online increased a lot. In fact, this is also a very common thing. Many times, many businesses will take positive promotional measures at this time. < /p >
Data from Springboard, a research firm, showed that the volume of physical stores decreased by 5.7% over the same period last year. P Another research agency believes passenger traffic has dropped by 6%. < /p >
< p > analysts say closed large shopping malls are more attractive than high street stores, because in bad weather, consumers can shop in large shopping malls and shop comfortably. On the contrary, open high streets do not have this advantage, so this year's high street business is not optimistic. < /p >
The "New West End" company, which represents retailers in central London, said that passenger traffic fell by 9% last week. The sales volume of closed shopping malls increased by 7.2%. < /p >
< p > Xiaobian believes that cold weather has encouraged online sales, which is a good thing. From the point of view of energy saving and emission reduction, this is especially true. If there are more people on the Internet, they will avoid frequent driving and shopping. They save fuel and reduce exhaust emissions. Although express companies also need to transport goods by car, they concentrate a large quantity of goods for large-scale transportation, which greatly improves the efficiency of energy use. In this sense, e-commerce is a green economic mode and should be vigorously promoted. < /p >