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According to Renata Keršienė, Director of Public Relations at the Rimi retail chain, this week, sales of scrapers and brushes for cleaning car windows in online stores increased by about 5 times compared to the same week last year, more than double in compared to the beginning of this year.
According to her, as the layer of dirty snow forms on the main roads and it continues to snow, more and more Rimi customers will also buy antifreeze washer fluid.
“Their sales in Rimi supermarkets this week, compared to the same period last year, grew by 70 percent, and compared to the first week of this year, by more than 80 percent,” said R. Keršienė to Eltai.
According to R. Keršienė, compared to last year, gloves, scarves and hats also sold more on the Rimi network this week: the growth is around 50 percent. It was even bigger a few weeks ago when the first snow appeared.
He also noted that sales of sleds and skates had increased dramatically two weeks ago with more heavy snowfall, and all of his stocks were sold at the time.
In a comment to Eltai, Ernesta Dapkienė, director of Maxima’s Image and Communication Department, noted that demand for various snow removal products, especially shovels, has increased significantly this week.
“We estimate that almost 37 times more snow shovels have been purchased in recent weeks than in the corresponding period last year. Most of the snow shovels were purchased yesterday (Tuesday – ELTA) and on January 9 and 13. We are also seeing increased demand for car cleaners. For example, for the sale of scrapers for cleaning car windows, the sales of brushes for cleaning snow have increased by 5 compared to the same period last year ”, says E. Dapkienė in the comment.
According to her, in principle, all shovels and other snow blowers have already been sold, so only leftovers are sold in individual stores.
“We strongly ask people to comply with the quarantine requirements and avoid unnecessarily going to stores in search of these products.
We are talking to suppliers about product replenishment, but currently the lack of snow cleaners is felt throughout the market, ”says E. Dapkienė.
According to E. Dapkienė, after heavy snowfall, the demand for car care products has also increased. For example, automobile windshield wiper and coolant sales are approaching 60 percent. higher compared to January last year. Battery sales are almost 5 times higher.
Salt sales are also reported to have risen by almost a fifth in recent weeks.
Retail chain Iki said in a statement that auto window fluid sales had increased year-on-year in January. Its sales increased 47 percent.
According to the network, sales of the cheapest salt have also increased, but those of snow and ice scrapers have increased the most, seven times compared to January last year.
As trees cut through the snow cover and more and more people face power outages, the network is also monitoring the growing popularity of candles. Its sales are up 35 percent since Monday.
At the time, Darius Ryliškis, a spokesman for the Norfa retail chain, said winter items were still being sold in stores.
“After shoppers” swept “snow off the shelves in late December and early January, the assortment of winter items was replenished from stock, but these replenishments were now over, with only the remnants of winter items. in stores, “said D. Ryliškis.
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