Negative impact of holidays should be 14% in 2018

Estimates of the FecomercioSP in partnership with SindiVarejista designed the retail trade in the region of Campinas must have a prejudice about R $375.3 million in 2018 because of national holidays and long weekends.
That amount is approximately 14% higher than the given designed in 2017. It is important to note that the number of public holidays and long weekends in 2018 will be the same in 2017, the total of 15 dates. Therefore, this increase is motivated exclusively by improvement of the estimate of growth in trade for this year's sales.
The supermarket segment must be what more will no longer Bill, around £ $167.4 million, 13% greater loss in about 2017, accounting for 45% of total losses in the region. However, the pharmacies and Perfumeries will have the largest variation of prejudice, about 21% above the estimate for 2017, with losses of R $50.4 million.
More losses
For all other activities, the projections are also injury. In other areas the expected loss is R $105.6 million, an increase of 11% in comparison to 2017. In the Shops of garments, textiles and shoes to fall will be R $42.3 million, 17% higher amount of 2017; and furniture and decoration, with drop of R $9.6 million, 20% growth on the previous year.
The President of the SindiVarejista, Sanae Murayama Saito, see the situation with concern. "Even though the shops open during the holidays, the movement of people, especially in the Center, get a lot to end up hurting businesses. The cost to maintain an open establishment is high, especially as regards expenditure on staff who receive overtime in these festive dates, "he explains.
The survey was limited to national holidays and sectors likely to suffer a reduction in the pace of sales, where impulse buying is relevant, since the products, in large part, have a lower unit value, for example the clothing and footwear sector , perfumeries and cosmetics etc. In addition, being considered that only a small portion of sales on holidays and long weekends are affected, not the billing of all day. Each holiday is weighted according to the size of the trade that the reference month.
Also that the World Cup will be held between the months of June and July, and Brazil will play on weekdays, as Wednesday and Friday. However, the study does not consider these days because of political differences between the companies, which may or may not release the partial or full time employees.
State
According to the estimates of FecomercioSP, the retail trade of the State of São Paulo should lose R $4.6 billion in 2018, as a result of national holidays and long weekends. This is 16% higher than the amount given designed in 2017. The supermarket segment must be the most affected, losing around £ $2.1 billion, 14% greater loss in about 2017, accounting for 47% of total losses. The segments with the largest variations are furniture and decoration stores and shops of clothing, textiles and footwear, both with an estimated 24% greater loss than the calibrated in 2017.
Second Ordinance disclosed at the end of 2017, by the Ministry of planning and published in the Official Journal of the Union there will be in 2018 9 national holidays and five optional points. The calendar does not include as traditional dates as the Carnival holiday (12 and 13 February), which is optional, and Corpus Christi (May 31), also included as optional point. According to the Ministry, the days of custody of creeds and religions listed in the Ordinance can be compensated, if authorized by the responsible for the administrative unit.