The Business Association of the Center of Santiago (Asecensa) assured this Monday that the offers placed on the occasion of the Black Friday are real.
José Octavio Reinoso, President of the organization, said that they have taken care that the discounts announced for the holiday are not a deception to the detriment of the consumer.
The business leader reported that 110 commercial houses affiliated to the entity He runs offers from 10 to 50 percent off.
The merchants began with their offers from this Monday and will extend it until Saturday 27 of the current month.
José Octavio indicated that the stores will have the support of the Cibao Savings and Loans Association, whose entity will additionally finance customers who buy on Friday 26, they will return “cash back” 20 percent to the amount invested in the purchases made.
“We hope that the consumer will come to the city center to buy our products,” urged the president of the Business Association of the Center of Santiago.
He said he hoped that for this Black Friday date the commercial activities were activated. He recalled that the last year they have been limited by the effects of the pandemic.
Security
Reinoso reported that in coordination with the National Police they will increase the number of police officers in the city center to guarantee the safety of citizens.
He called on the population to maintain sanitary measures in order to avoid new restrictive measures, in the face of a possible rebound in the coronavirus during the holidays.
Black Friday in the Dominican Republic is celebrated, as in the United States, on the last Friday of November.
Pro Consumer
The National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights (Pro Consumidor) recently reported that on November 26 it will be conducting inspections to verify that, with a survey made previously, the offers that exist are true and that no advertising has been incurred. misleading.