Just a small increase in traffic before VAT increase

Compared with the usual, small or no increase had been measured in traffic in the stores before the VAT increase of 1 July.

According to Hackl Mónika Tesco's head of communications, in the stores of Tesco the traffic was somewhat higher than usual in the cases of daily consumption goods, technical articles and clothing products, but not absolutely sure due to the VAT increase.
Fodor Attila, head of communications of CBA added that no particular customer increase could be measured at CBA shops. The traffic of the last days before the VAT increase has not reached the pre-holiday levels. In his opinion, people has no reserve at the end of the month.