Summer sales in France attract more customers

STORY: Summer sales in France attract more customers DATELINE: June 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:10 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people going shopping in France 2. SOUNDBITE (French): Customer STORYLINE: The French summer sale season ran from June 22 to July 19 this year with major brands in beauty, fashion, electronics and luxury going on sale. The four weeks shopping event is approved by the French Ministry of the Economy and was originally intended to help merchants clear their stock for the season and reduce the losses caused by the backlog. According to a survey carried out at the beginning of June by Channable, an online-based product data feed tool, 83 percent of French people will take advantage of the summer sales this year. SOUNDBITE (French): Customer "We wait for the sales precisely for the bargains. We bought a little bit of everything: clothes, bags. And in general, there are more brands and we wait for good deals on brands." Xinhua News Agency correspondent