Trade turnover from school fairs and sales in the Vitebsk region amounted to over Br9 billion.

September 4, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The turnover from school fairs and sales in the Vitebsk region amounted to over Br9 billion, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Trade and Services Department informed a BELTA correspondent. Mass school fairs and sales in the region started in mid-July. In total, over the past period, 335 exhibitions-sales and extended sales of goods for schoolchildren were held in cities, district centers, and Vitebsk. Traditionally, large school fairs with the participation of industrial and trade enterprises of the region were held on August 18 and 25, with a turnover of Br793 million, or 181% compared to the same period in 2011. In addition, school products were sold at 1.3 thousand retail outlets, where 31 additional jobs were created for this purpose. Also, over 1 thousand corners for first-graders operated in the region's retail network. Trade markups on school supplies in the main retail enterprises of the Vitebsk region did not exceed 25% this year. And so that parents could fully purchase the necessary goods for back-to-school preparation, various promotions were held in shops, department stores, and supermarkets, primarily aimed at large families and low-income families. The minimum consumer basket for equipping primary school children amounted to Br1-1.1 million, and for older schoolchildren - Br1.2-1.3 million.