at the end of April, the minister of the Economy had recognized that "the 24th of June, it is too early" in this context of a public health crisis of the Covid-19 , saying it was "open to a shift or at the beginning of the month of July, or even later, after the summer". However, according to the information of the Echos, may 20, the date of July 15, that should finally choose Bruno The Mayor for the start of the summer sales, as well as a duration of five weeks (instead of four).

The president of the Confederation of traders of France, Francis Palombi, was asked in mid-may a report of the balances at the end of July and that "the promotions are frozen a month before the sales, and a "frost token" of the great promotions offered by the big brands off balances, in order to avoid, he stated, "to further weaken the very small enterprises and small traders".

They are likely to see their dates disrupted by the outbreak of Covid-19 in France, but the summer sales 2020 start, in theory, the Wednesday June 24th 2020 and end on Tuesday, 21 July 2020 for the vast majority of the French departments. Since the winter sale 2020, always in theory, they last again four weeks instead of six previously, by the action of the law Covenant. A term that applies to the whole of the French departments. 4 departments of metropolitan france have been granted a derogation :

Exception of Mayotte (976) and Guyane (973), which have the same dates in the majority of summer sales in metropolitan France, the overseas territories are concerned by the dates of derogation the following :

NOTE : to Saint-Barthélémy and Saint-Martin, what are the balances of winter 2020 (not 2021) taking place from Saturday 2 may to Friday 29 may 2020. As for the Meeting, she sees a contrario getting the summer sale long 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.

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 new discount from the second week of the balances.

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 million offers aboutées 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".