Ukuthengiswa Kwezitolo zase-UK Kuvilapha ekuqaleni Kwesizini Yemikhosi

Nakuba ukuthengiswa kokudla kukhombisa ukukhula okunesizotha, imikhakha okungezona ezokudla—kokubili esitolo kanye naku-inthanethi—iqhubekile nokubhekana nezinselele.

Ukuthengiswa kwezitolo e-UK kubhekane noNovemba oyinselele, ukuthengiswa okuphelele kwehle ngo-3.3% unyaka nonyaka. Lokhu kuphawule umehluko omkhulu ekukhuleni okungu-2.6% okubonwe ngoNovemba 2023 futhi kwehle ngaphansi kokubili kokwehla kwesilinganiso sezinyanga ezintathu esingu-0.1% kanye nesilinganiso sokukhula esiyizinyanga eziyi-12 esingu-0.5%.

UHelen Dickinson, oyiChief Executive of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), ukhombe ukuguqulwa kokuthengiswa kweBlack Friday kuDisemba njengento ebalulekile.

“Nakuba bekungangabazeki ukuthi kwakuyisiqalo esibi samaholidi kaKhisimusi, izibalo ezingezinhle zokusebenzisa imali zehle kakhulu ekushintsheni kweBlack Friday ingene ezibalweni zikaDisemba walo nyaka. Yize kunjalo, ukuzethemba okuphansi kwabathengi kanye nokukhuphuka kwezikweletu zamandla kuveze ngokusobala ukusetshenziswa kwemali okungekona ukudla,” kusho yena.

Ukuthengiswa kokudla kunikeze indawo ekhanyayo engavamile, ekhula ngo-2.4% unyaka nonyaka phakathi nezinyanga ezintathu kuya kuNovemba, nakuba lokhu kwakusebuthakathaka kunesilinganiso sokukhula esiyizinyanga eziyi-12 esingu-3.7%.

Ngaleso sikhathi, ukuthengiswa okungekhona ukudla kuqhubekile nokuzabalaza, kwehle ngo-2.1% ngesikhathi esifanayo, nokuncipha okuphawulwe esitolo naku-inthanethi.

Ukuthengisa okuku-inthanethi nokusetshenziswa kwemali kwasebusika

Ukwehla kokuthengiswa okungekona ukudla okuku-inthanethi bekugqame kakhulu, kwehle ngo-10.3% unyaka nonyaka ngoNovemba uma kuqhathaniswa nokwehla ngo-2.1% ngoNovemba 2023.

 Izinga lokungena ku-inthanethi nalo lehle kancane laya ku-40.6%, nakuba lihlale lingaphezu kwesilinganiso sezinyanga eziyi-12 sama-36.4%.

U-Linda Ellett, iNhloko Yabathengi base-UK, Ukudayisa & Nezokungcebeleka kwa-KPMG, waphawula, “Ukuthengiswa kwezitolo kufinyelele izinombolo zokususa ngoNovemba. Yize imininingwane eminingi kaNovemba ikhuluma indaba edumazayo embonini yezitolo, lokhu kubika akuzange kufake isonto le-Black Friday, ngakho ithemba kubathengisi ukuthi abathengi bebengabathengi abanolwazi. "

U-Ellett uphinde wagqamisa ukwanda kokuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo yezempilo, okuqhutshwa ukufika kwezifo zasebusika.

"Ukukhuphuka kokuthengwa kwemikhiqizo yezempilo kubonise ukuthi izinyanga zasebusika sezifikile futhi, kanye nokudla neziphuzo, bekungenye yezigaba ezimbalwa kakhulu zokubona ukukhula kokuthengisa esitolo noma ku-inthanethi," echaza.

Izingcindezi zebhajethi zingaphezu kwabathengisi

Abathengisi babhekela izinselelo ezikhulayo ezinyangeni ezizayo. Ukwethulwa kwentela entsha yokupakisha nezinye izindleko ezivezwe kuSabelomali sakamuva kuzokwengeza imali elinganiselwa ku-£7 billion ezindlekweni zokusebenza ngonyaka ozayo.

U-Dickinson uxwayise, “Uma amakhasimende engayisebenzisi imali emasontweni asele ngaphambi kukaKhisimusi, abathengisi bazobe bezwa ukucindezela nhlangothi zombili njengoba imali engenayo encishisiwe ihlangatshezwa nezindleko ezinkulu ezengeziwe ngonyaka ozayo.”

Naphezu kwesiqalo esiphansi sesizini yamaholide, u-Sarah Bradbury, oyi-CEO ye-IGD, uhlonze inhlansi yethemba emkhakheni wokudla neziphuzo.

“Ucwaningo lwakamuva lwe-IGD lugqamisa izimpawu zokujabula kwamaholidi, njengoba abathengi benyuke ngo-5% kunangonyaka odlule abahlela ukusebenzisa abakufunayo kulo Khisimusi. Kodwa-ke, naphezu kwalokhu kuphakanyiswa, mancane amathuba okuba ube uKhisimusi omuhle kubo bonke, njengoba abaningi behlala begxile ekwakhiweni kwesabelomali,” kuphawula uBradbury.

Njengoba abathengisi bebhekene nokungaqiniseki, kugxilwe ekubambeni ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwamaholide ngomzuzu wokugcina kanye nokunciphisa ukulahlekelwa okungaba khona kwemali engenayo ngokusebenzisa amaphromoshini ahlosiwe kanye nokuthengiswa kwangaphambi kukaKhisimusi.

Okwamanje, ithemba liwukuthi ukuqaphela kwabathengi akusifihli ithemba lesizini ngokuphelele.

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