Video: Budapest's Christmas Market Goes Online Due To Covid-19 Restrictions
- 10 Dec 2020 12:45 PM

Source:
Euronews (in English)
MTI Photo: Balázs Mohai
Source:
Euronews (in English)
MTI Photo: Balázs Mohai
Although COVID-19 has hit non-food and pharmacy retail hard, shoppers’ data during Black Friday discounts could indicate a spending spree for Christmas 2020, at least online.
For decades, the Budapest Advent and Christmas Market has been the highlight of the Advent period in the capital, during which nearly eight hundred thousand visitors a year selected products from Hungarian artisans.
Given significantly reduced tourist numbers, this year’s Christmas market will be presented online it has officially been announced.
GKI Digital’s online retail flash report predicts that, while purchasing power may decline due to the expected decline in GDP, the increased online customer base in the first two quarters of the year could bring the market up 25% year-on-year, says uzletem.hu.
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