Poles will spend more on Christmas gifts this year – Deloitte

Research conducted by consulting firm Deloitte indicated that shoppers in Poland are set to spend not only more on gifts during this year’s Holiday season, but also more on food and socializing, a report in the Polish press said on Thursday. The results of the research, according to Deloitte, indicated that the average Polish household will spend PLN 1,121, with as much as 37 percent of expenditures taking place online. The survey asked 6,580 people, all of them between the ages of 18 and 65, in October about their spending plans for the upcoming Christmas holiday. Among citizens in nine countries taking part in the survey, Poles were the only population to report an increase in spending in both online and in-store spending, y/y. The average expenditures online were expected to be up 4.4 percent, y/y, the report stated.