One in two Italians is ready to
re-gift Christmas presents, according to a survey by
Confcooperative.
Italians are increasingly "serial recyclers" of gifts, the
survey by the Confcooperative Study Center said.
It said that that one in two people, around 28 million people,
recycle gifts received and perhaps not appreciated at Christmas.
There are those who even resell them online, the survey said.
The overall savings reach 3.5 billion euros, 100 million more
than last year and 200 more than the pre-pandemic Christmas.
"It is an old habit - it is explained - that has turned into a
trend that is becoming more and more consolidated in recent
years.
"Despite the increase in the thirteenth salary which has been
constant: 45.7 billion in 2022, 49 billion in 2024 and 51.3 this
year".
For Confcooperative, gift recycling thus becomes "an almost
compulsive tendency where people are increasingly drawn to
spending on themselves rather than on others".
Sometimes it is out of selfishness, other times out of
necessity, in an Italy where the middle class is weakening and
Italians in poverty are around 10 million.
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