BALANCES as Of SUMMER 2020. The date of the beginning of the promos national summer has been shifted to almost a month. Dates of beginning and end, duration, exceptions... Here's what we know.
Summary Dates of the beginning and end of summer sales 2020 Date 2nd markdown / 3rd markdown Balances 2020 : watch out for scams summer sale : the definition in France[updated on June 8, 2020 at 14h39] The new official date of the summer of 2020, is start Monday the 15th of July next, and last until Tuesday, August 11 (instead of the niche 24 June-21 July planned before the health crisis of the Covid-19). In the vast majority of departments, the promos of national will begin, therefore, at 8 o'clock this Monday, as announced by the Economy minister Bruno Le Maire last June 2, the first day of Phase 2 of the déconfinement. The member of the government then stated that it was providing more time for small merchants to rebuild their cash. The summer sale will last for four weeks, which was already the period of time originally planned.
the Four departments of metropolitan France have usually dates derogatory related to their geographical location bordering on, but their whereabouts for the dates of the summer sales 2020 has not yet been referred to by Bruno Le Maire, since "the texts of application must be published in the near future," says the website of the government :
Pyrénées-Orientales Alpes-Maritimes The two departments of CorsicaCheck the dates of the summer sales in overseas
A new niche of summer sale... which dividesThis modification balances were not satisfied everyone : great stores, encumbered by their stockpiles after two months of cessation of activity, would have preferred to settle in more quickly, when the self-employed or smaller businesses wanted to avoid breaking the price too early, and wished to sell their stock at a fair price with a normal profit margin". The words of Francis Palombi, president of the Confederation of merchants in France, as early as mid-may. In the Face of this division, the minister of Economy said on 2 June, in the wake of its announcement of the new dates for balances : "I know that it may cause difficulties for other major retailers (...), but I think it is legitimate to support, in these moments very special ones, those who are weakest, those who have the cash the most at risk. This is a question for both economic efficiency but also of justice. "
What are the dates of the beginning and end of summer sales 2020 ?While they should in theory start on Wednesday 24 June 2020, summer 2020 have been postponed to Monday, 15 July, and will last until Tuesday, August 11 , for most of the French departments. These balances will also last for four weeks instead of six, a shortened duration again in force since the winter sale 2020, under the effect of the Law Covenant. This term applies to all French overseas departments, although 4 departments of metropolitan france (see the list below) are covered by a waiver for the dates of summer sale :
Alpes-Maritimes (06) : - summer 2020 as originally planned from Wednesday 1st July to Tuesday 28 July 2020 The Pyrenees-Orientales (66) : balances originally scheduled from Wednesday 1st July to Tuesday 28 July 2020, The Corse-du-Sud (2A) : - summer 2020 as originally planned from Wednesday 8 July to Tuesday 4 August 2020 Haute-Corse (2B) : balances originally scheduled from Wednesday 8 July to Tuesday 4 August 2020Besides Mayotte (976) and the Guyana (973), which have the same dates in the majority of summer sales in metropolitan France, and that the sale dates are always estimated from 24 June to 21 July on the site of the government, the overseas territories are, in theory, concerned with the dates of derogation the following (decided prior to the pandemic of Covid-19, and for which no other announcement has been made for the moment to our knowledge) :
Guadeloupe (971) : Saturday 26 September to Friday 23 October 2020 Martinique (972) : from Thursday 1 October to Wednesday 28 October 2020 Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon (975) : Wednesday 15th July to Tuesday, August 11, 2020 Saint-Barthélémy (977) and Saint-Martin (978) : from Saturday 10 October to Friday 6 November 2020NOTE : to Saint-Barthélémy and Saint-Martin, what are the balances of winter 2020 (not 2021) which took place from Saturday 2 may to Friday 29 may 2020. As for the Meeting, she sees a contrario getting the summer sales well before us, since they lasted from Saturday 1 February to Friday 28 February 2020. The island will have to wait until Saturday 5 September 2020 to ensure that the winter sale is going on until Friday, October 2, 2020.
What are the dates of the 2nd and 3rd markdowns ?If the dates of the balances are imposed to the merchants by the legislation in force, these latter are free to choose the dates from which they carry out greater discounts. Each retailer decides the date of the 2nd apart, some choosing to make a 3rd. In general, the stores display dnew discount from the second week of the balances.
Balances 2020 : how to avoid the scams ?watch out for fake discounts ! : the reference prices posted on the sites selling online can be misleading. The slashed price may thus give rise to a "false discount" when it has been inflated artificially, which causes a gap that is attractive between the old and the new amount. To take precautions in the face of this process is widespread, the consumer association UFC - que choisir advises "compare offers from various retailers before making the purchase, to make the idea of "accurate as possible" the base cost of the product.
The price comparison, valuable allies : Idealo is part of price comparison sites online considered to be independent, which weighs the prices of a same product on a large number of sites in order to protect themselves from the "false discount". It lists hundreds of millions of deals offered by tens of thousands of merchants. Of course there are other price comparison websites are considered reliable, such as Kelkoo, Icomparateur, leDénicheur.
How to recognize a site illegal ? : If it is not a site that is very known, here are a few sure ways to ensure that the cybertrader through which you intend to make a purchase is safe. Start by verifying that the site on which you will be using your credit card is secure, ensuring that the url address of the site in question begins with "https". Then, look for on the site the link to the legal notices. These last are mandatory. If you can't find them, it is that this site is not legal. The consumer association UFC que choisir advises lastly to choose a seller who is based in France, as "a remedy will be more complicated if the company is abroad".
What is the definition of summer sales in France ? Date Of Update: 08 June 2020, 08:57
