By KYIV. Sept 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Sales of generators in the Epicenter shopping center network grew by 80% in August compared to the same period last year, and sales of portable charging stations rose by 25 times, the network’s press service has reported.
According to the report, the most popular among buyers are household gasoline generators and units with a capacity of 2.5-3 kW. At the same time, this year sales of more powerful generators of 4.5-5 kW have increased sevenfold.
Despite the increase in demand, a significant shortage of such products is not expected, according to Epicenter. In addition, prices today are significantly lower than in the last autumn-winter period, when the rise in prices was influenced by shortages of goods and problems with logistics.
“In the spring of this year, when direct deliveries from China began to Ukraine and the market was saturated with goods, prices also fell and remain stable even now, when we are again recording an increase in sales. Considering the saturation of the market with goods, we believe there are no now preconditions for a significant increase in prices for energy generating. However, in conditions of the full-scale war, the situation in the country can change quickly,” Director of the Autogroup and Tools department of the Epicenter network Olha Yuschenko was quoted in the report.
The company also noted an increase in sales volumes of dryers for fruits and vegetables, which may indicate the desire of Ukrainians to stock up on shelf-stable food products.
In addition, as the weather gets colder, sales of electric blankets are expected to increase, following the example of last year, the network said.
Epicenter K LLC was created in 2003 and opened its first hypermarket in Kyiv in December of the same year. Today, it is developing the country’s largest network of shopping centers, Epicenter, which is a market leader in the retail trade segment of household goods and repairs. It is part of the Epicenter K group of companies, which also develops an online store with the Epicentrk.ua marketplace, the Nova Liniya hypermarket chain, sporting goods INTERSPORT, 4F and The Athlete’s foot (TAF), and the Epicenter Agro agricultural company, factories for the production of ceramic tiles and porcelain stoneware Epicentr Ceramic Corporation and Carpathian Ceramics, woodworking enterprise Center of Building Materials Osmoloda.
Before the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, the Epicenter network united more than 80 shopping centers in all regions of the country. As a result of artillery and missile attacks by the aggressor, a number of shopping centers were significantly damaged, and four centers in Mariupol, Kherson, Chernyhiv and Bucha were completely destroyed.
According to the unified public register of legal entities and sole proprietors, the participants of Epicenter K LLC are Oleksandr Hereha (51.3%), Halyna Hereha (47.97%) and Tetiana Surzhyk (0.73%).
