Ja ne znam da li igde ljudi vise trose para za Bozic nego u Irskoj, evo ovde je vec pocela Bozicna groznica a tek je pocetak novembra.
Grad izgleda kao da je sutra Nova Godina. Preterivanje.
Irish to top Christmas spending list
Tuesday, 13 November 2007 12:06
Irish people will be the top European Christmas shoppers again this year, according to Deloitte's annual consumer survey of Christmas spending.
Irish households will spend €1,431 on average on Christmas this year, an increase of 6.9% on last year, despite uncertainty surrounding our economic future.
The UK is second behind Ireland on the list, with each household there set to fork out €1,007 on the festive period.
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Households here will spend €720 on gifts, €431 on food and €279 on socialising.
The survey also found that Irish consumers believe that because of rising food prices they will have to spend less money on gifts in order to buy the same volume and quality of food.
52% of those surveyed said they intend to shop online, which puts us the second to Germany in terms of internet purchases.
The results of the survey came as independent business organisation ISME predicted that €4.2 billion will be spent here in the run up to Christmas.
ISME has reacted to the anticipated 7% increase by calling on shoppers to buy Irish.
ISME chief executive Mark Fielding has claimed even small changes to consumers' behaviour would have a major effect on Irish firms' fortunes.
'If even one item per customer was switched from imported to Irish-produced goods it would go a long way to sustaining Irish jobs and would provide Irish manufacturers and producers with a huge boost after what has been a very difficult year,' he said.
http://www.rte.ie/business/2007/1113/christmas.html
Irish to spend average of €1,431 on Christmas this year compared with €411 in the Netherlands; €420 in Germany and €556 in France.