MART and retail chains extend discounts for vulnerable people. The regulator noted the social responsibility of trade: all major market participants went to the discount with few exceptions. Agreement on discounts for the first quarter of 2024 was signed by 14 large retail chains. Minus 10% for the entire socially important group of goods - the conditions remained the same.
Discounts do not apply to sales and promotions. The government continues to control the price situation in the market, but at the same time to keep the balance of interests of the buyer and retail. This, among other things, allowed the trade to find ways to extend the agreement on discounts for the needy.
Alexei Bogdanov, Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of Belarus:
Under the conditions of price regulation, trade has received the most serious restrictions on its revenue, its profit, as the President said, cut a little fat from both the trade link and manufacturers, so that it was really in the interests of the people, in the interests of the state, so, of course, we monitor the economic component - without it is possible to put the trade on the blades in 3 seconds, and we quarterly monitor their profitability, profitability.
This measure, according to Alexei Bogdanov, has gained popular popularity. More than 2 million discount cards have been issued during its operation, the amount of social discount for this period exceeded 45 million rubles.
