the Russians are prepared to spend may holidays in the cottages, reported owned by Grigory Berezkin RBC press-services of Internet-shops Ozon and Wildberries.
As representatives of companies, this year summer residents began to prepare for the season two weeks earlier: on the one hand, this was due to the warm weather in that period, on the other, the Muscovites look to the cottages in the suburbs, to further reduce the number of contacts with the outside world.
In connection with a regime of isolation, which the Russians are unable to visit stores, sales country inventory on the Internet has grown rapidly. So, from 1 to 22 April Ozon sale garden tools rose 85 percent year-on-year, lawn and fertilizers — by 150 percent, and equipment for the garden — a 155 percent year-on-year.
Also increased the demand for garden furniture and barbecues, their weekly sales in average two times higher than in the same period last year.
According Wildberries, for the first three weeks of April, sales of garden machinery increased by 13 times, garden equipment four times, sales of fertilizers increased 13 times, protection from rodents — eight times compared with the same period of 2019. Demand for chainsaws increased in 24 times, with the mower 43 times. Seed sales, according to the online store took off 100 times, and the demand for the kits to grow plants in 6 times.
Previously, the Council on human rights under the President of Russia (HRC) found a number of reasons for easing restrictions in force in the country in the fight against the coronavirus. Thus, it is proposed to allow the Russians to leave the place of residence for planting of potatoes. According to the authors of the initiative, this should ease the economic situation of citizens. However, the government Minister and head of the capital’s main control Directorate Yevgeny Danchikov said that the reason for easing of the isolation regime for the may holidays yet.
