The number of visitors to the Moscow shopping centers rose for the first time in three years
In Moscow, recorded an increase of attendance of shopping centers for the first time in 2014. On Friday, September 15, according to the website of the Moscow Department of economic policy and development with reference to the results of the study Watcom Shopping Index.
It is noted in particular that in June of this year, buying activity in shopping centers of Moscow increased by 0.3 percent and in July by 1.1 percent compared with June-July last year.
Watcom Shopping Index — the index of attendance to the Moscow shopping center, showing the dynamics of the daily average number of visitors per square meter of retail space. The sample index is about 90 main shopping centers of the Moscow area of five thousand square meters.
On 12 September it was reported that the average check of Russians during one visit to the shop in August was 518 rubles, which is three percent more than the previous month. Compared to August last year the average bill increased by four percent.