2023-07-20 12:00:24
By Emma Confrere
Posted 7 hours ago, Updated 6 hours ago
On school supplies, the UFC Que-Choisir noted a price increase of 10% over one year, in July. MIKE FOUQUE – stock.adobe.com
Administration officials will also check “the promotional efforts” of large retailers, said the office of the Minister Delegate for Trade.
Back-to-school shopping is likely to weigh heavily on the wallets of French households, but the authorities intend to check that professionals are not taking advantage of the inflationary climate to inflate prices. This Thursday morning, the Minister Delegate for Trade announced that the Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) was going to “investigate school supply price hikes».
«As the start of the school year approaches [je suis] always vigilant to protect the purchasing power of the French“, also underlined Olivia Grégoire on Twitter. “We will see if there has been a special effort on the part of the brands. Carrefour and Franprix have already placed supplies in their anti-inflation basket“, specifies the entourage of the minister to the Figaro. THE “promotional effortswill also be scrutinized by DGCCRF agents, who will not only check the invoices of the brands, but also the labels displayed in stores.
This announcement comes at a time when mass distribution professionals have already announced in early July that the prices of school supplies should increase.from 2 to 3%» on the shelves at the start of the school year. The rise even risesat 10% if we go back 18 months“, had underlined last May the president of the Musketeers, Thierry Cotillard. An observation shared by the UFC Que-Choisir, which noted on Tuesday an increase of 10% in one year, in the month of July, “on pens, notebooks, rulers and other materials». «Stationery products suffered the highest inflation, at 14%“, mentions the association on its site.
If the purchases of supplies were made a year ago by large retailers, the consequences of the war in Ukraine were still present in negotiations with suppliers. It remains to be seen how the bills will evolve in the coming weeks: “We cannot rule out that there may be a drop in prices for these products in August“, notes the cabinet of Olivia Grégoire. What (a little) reduce the expenses of the French on their return from vacation.
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