Früher war mehr Lametta
Der Countdown läuft, in den Innenstädten und an Fensterrahmen werden Lichterketten montiert, echte und künstliche Tannenbäume mit Watteschnee und anderem Kitsch geschmückt, Glühweinbuden und gebrannte-Mandeln-Stände werden an strategisch unmöglichen Passagen aufgebaut…Der erste Advent steht fast schon vor der Türe und im Radio gibt es Statistiken über die europäischen Durchschnittsausgaben für Weihnachten.
European households will spend an average of 0.8 percent more on Christmas-related shopping this year as consumers buy more items online, according to a report commissioned by shopping comparison website Kelkoo.
Average expenditure will be 593.11 euros ($806), with Britons spending the most at the equivalent of 756.44 euros per household, Kelkoo said in an e-mailed statement. Dutch families will spend the least in Europe at 442.65 euros, the report said.
Total Christmas sales in Europe will rise to 313 billion euros, according to the report, which was prepared by the Nottingham, England-based Centre for Retail Research.
Online sales will probably rise 25 percent to 32 billion euros, or almost 100 euros per family, led by households in the U.K., Norway, Sweden, France, Denmark and the Netherlands, according to the study.
“Although trading conditions will remain challenging this year, presents are still set to be piled high,” Kelkoo Chief Executive Officer Richard Stables said in the statement.
Christmas spending in Sweden will increase 4.3 percent, the biggest increase among the nine European countries included in the forecasts. Danish households will cut spending the most, by 3.2 percent, followed by families in Norway, Spain and Italy.
Sales in stores will drop 1.4 percent to 281 billion euros, according to the report.
Quelle: Bloomberg.com
Average expenditure will be 593.11 euros ($806), with Britons spending the most at the equivalent of 756.44 euros per household, Kelkoo said in an e-mailed statement. Dutch families will spend the least in Europe at 442.65 euros, the report said.
Total Christmas sales in Europe will rise to 313 billion euros, according to the report, which was prepared by the Nottingham, England-based Centre for Retail Research.
Online sales will probably rise 25 percent to 32 billion euros, or almost 100 euros per family, led by households in the U.K., Norway, Sweden, France, Denmark and the Netherlands, according to the study.
“Although trading conditions will remain challenging this year, presents are still set to be piled high,” Kelkoo Chief Executive Officer Richard Stables said in the statement.
Christmas spending in Sweden will increase 4.3 percent, the biggest increase among the nine European countries included in the forecasts. Danish households will cut spending the most, by 3.2 percent, followed by families in Norway, Spain and Italy.
Sales in stores will drop 1.4 percent to 281 billion euros, according to the report.
Quelle: Bloomberg.com
Immer mehr Kirchenaustritte auf der einen Seite, immer mehr Ausgaben für Weihnachten auf der anderen.
Weihnachten – die Hochphase von Familienstreitigkeiten, erhöhten Suizidraten und Verkehrschaos…
Ich verweigere mich dem Ganzen seit einigen Jahren ziemlich rigoros.
Der Gedanke easy life hat bei mir auch und vor allem an den ruhigen Feiertagen Hochkonjunktur.
Ohne vorherigen Adventshype, Konsumhysterie (weder Geschenke noch Karten – für niemanden!) oder Dekowettstreit mit den Nachbarn kann man sich ganz „chillaxed“ auf freie Tage freuen, in denen die kleine Keimzelle Restfamilie gemäß dem Motto Friede-Freude-Weihnachtsgans faul und gemütlich in Eintracht in den Tag hinein lebt.
Wie erlebt Ihr den Dezember?
Backt, kauft und schmückt Ihr noch oder lebt Ihr schon?