The volume of payments made by VTB bank customers via QR codes in September doubled compared to August 2020, and the number of transactions increased by 63 per cent, om1 reports. Currently, VTB is servicing over 1,100 companies that use the technology of accepting payments using QR codes. The growing popularity of the technology is
The number of purchases based on standard documentation has grown 25 times in five years. Over the past years, 258 sets of standard procurement documentation have been standardized in Moscow, so the city conducts two-thirds of state purchases according to standard procedures. According to the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy and Property and
A collection of Soviet Christmas tree decorations was put up for sale in the Urals. The cost of the toys can now reach hundreds of thousands of rubles, chelTV reports. This was found out when a resident of Chelyabinsk put up for sale a collection for 250 thousand on the ad website. There are several
In October 2020, in large cities of Russia, the cost of housing on the primary market averaged 85.8 thousand rubles per 1 square metre. The increase in comparison with September 2020 was 0.7 per cent. Compared to the same period last year, it is 12.7 per cent, Kommersant reports with reference to the CIAN real
The sales of the new iPhone 12 and 12 Pro have started in Russia. This time, the queue has only four people due to the coronavirus pandemic, RIA News reports. On October 13, Apple presented the new iPhone 12. The lineup also includes two other smartphones, iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max. The
In the Novosibirsk region, 30 per cent of residents put their old numbers on a new car, VN.ru reports. Of these, 19 per cent explained their decision by the desire to retain a “beautiful” combination of numbers or letters, 11 per cent are used to the old numbers, 61 per cent change registration plates along
Researchers recorded an increase in demand for large and small household appliances in September-October 2020. The indicator increased by 51 per cent compared to the same period last year, Kazan reports. It is specified that this autumn, the demand for vacuum cleaners has grown by 67 per cent compared to last year, the demand for
Huawei’s subsidiary Honor has lost second place in the ranking of the most popular smartphones among Russians, Vedomosti reported. According to experts, another Chinese company Xiaomi has pushed the corporation. The first place in gadget sales in September 2020 was taken by the South Korean brand Samsung. It is specified that the increase in demand
The ‘Detsky Mir’ (“Children’s World”) group of companies which is the largest Russian retailer of children’s goods, is launching its own marketplace for all categories of goods, PRIME reports. It is noted that the ‘Detsky Mir’ retailer operated 810 stores at the end of September 2020. Free float is 100 per cent of the company’s
The cargo turnover of the Big Port of St. Petersburg in January-September 2020 decreased by 2 per cent compared to the same indicators of the last year, PRIME reports. Including transshipment of oil products increased by 16 per cent and container cargo decreased by 4 per cent. The Big Port of St. Petersburg is the
In the first two weeks of October 2020, the sales of home improvement and renovation products rose 3.2 times over the same period last year. The most dynamic growth in demand was for construction tools (10.5 times) and plumbing (5 times), according to the study of the Wildberries online retailer, KazanFirst reports. The high dynamics
The market of new electric cars in Russia continued to grow in September 2020 for the third month in a row, having increased four times compared to the same period last year, PRIME reports with reference to the analytical agency Avtostat. Moscow became the leader with 26 electric cars sold there. The top 5 also
A quarter of all new companies opened in Novosibirsk fall into two categories, namely, restaurant business (over 13 per cent) and grocery retail (over 11 per cent). This follows from the study based on an analysis of data from new small and medium-sized businesses in Novosibirsk that worked with MTS Kassa in September 2020, VN.ru
