Durables, fashion & footwear see up to 40% rise in sales

THERE HAS BEEN asurge in spending triggered by the GST rate cuts with durables, fashion and footwear seeing a sales growth of 20-40% in the last ten days including Dussehra, companies and retailers have told FE.The momentum, they say, is likely to last till Diwali, which will be celebrated mid-October. Dussehra and Gandhi Jayanti were celebrated on Thursday.

- VIVEAT SUSAN PINTO

While many consumers in cities have taken an additional day’s off on Friday to make it a long weekend and organise travel plans, it did not take away from the festive fervour which was visible on Thursday, retaile