Puebla, Pue. On the occasion of Holy Week Vacation And that last two weeks for schoolchildren, the Puebla shopping centers only foresee a 20% rebound in sales, which is low with respect to the same period last year, when they were at 30% average.
The director of the Association of Commercial Centers of Puebla (Acecop), Andrés de la Luz Espinoza, commented that they hoped to overcome or be at the same percentage of last year in sales during this holiday period due to the arrival of tourists from the south-southeast mainly, but a few days after the end, a conservative expectation is maintained.
He indicated that they are reaching the local complexes tourist buses from Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca and Morelos; Although there are also Aguascalientes, Monterrey and Guadalajara, predominantly of Circunvecinos states.
Considered that the economy of families is in an environment of uncertainty caused by the tariff theme Between Mexico and the United States, which does not directly affect, but “yes it is a brake on the decision to buy.”
He said that in Holy Week there was a good influx to shopping centers, but store tenants reported low sales, especially in clothing and footwear, whose prices of seasonal products did not increase this year.
“What we saw is that food businesses were with good activity, although not 100% as in other years in the same season, since families limited their consumption, especially when they were six members,” he said.
Season is not bad at all, they point out
De la Luz Espinoza pointed out that it is not a bad season for the 74 ACECOP partners, since there is influx during the week for the remainder of the holidays.
He explained that tourists who arrive on excursions usually occur after Holy Week, since the Religious tourism It does not visit shopping centers but churches, which makes a differentiation in spending.
Under this context, he said that visitors who arrive to participate in the Good Friday procession do not leave the historic center, there they eat and make purchases.
He even commented, on Thursday that they arrive in Puebla, they stay in the area to visit Iglesias and on Saturday they go to a spa or return to their places of destination.
Therefore, he reiterated that sales are not usually high for shopping centers during Holy Week, until later, but “we see that there is no activity like last year.”
Even with everything referred to, the director of the acecop said that what this leaves is acceptable holiday periodwaiting for economic activity to increase in the coming months.
