Customer wants to shop with parking

A search of the Fecomercio MG mapped consumer behavior on the journey to the store. According to the survey 55.5% of those interviewed say that the fact of having parking trade influences for the decision to stop the unit. In addition, at the time of shopping, 36.4% use the car, while 26% prefer to get around by foot, 21.5% use public transportation, and 15.4% resort to taxi. "In this research, the number of people attending the shops walk draws attention, when compared with the study prepared in 2017", argues the Economist of the Federation, Guilherme Almeida. According to him, the client has, increasingly, the practicality and convenience, "which is reflected in the growing preference for neighborhood stores in relation to those of the hipercentro of the capital of Minas Gerais, a region that suffers with more difficulties of mobility", complete. Retail impact as principal survey, 42.4% of entrepreneurs point out the problems of transportation of people, vehicles and cargo as causing negative impacts on trade. In this universe, the bad traffic generates for disorders 91.7% of respondents, followed by difficulty of loading and unloading (82.1%), in addition to the high cost to keep a parking lot (76.1%). Other aspects with great influence, according to calculation of the Fecomercio MG, are rotating and the factors related to the availability of public transportation. Polls show that some of these points could be resolved or minimized with the improvement of the roads of the city (45.7%), advances in conditions of public transport (37.2%) and reduction of rates charged to the users (21.9%). "Overall, the mobility is one of the main bottlenecks for retailers, having reflected in available for consumption. If the problems were resolved, there would be a more favourable business environment. Despite recent improvements, this question still leaves something to be desired, "says Abdullah, by way of note. According to interviewees 33.6% classify traffic in the city of Belo Horizonte as regular, followed by terrible (31.3%), bad (27.1%) and good (8.1%).