Abin Tausayi! Kasuwar Kayan Kwalliya ta Burtaniya Ta Fadu

A ranar 18 ga Maris na wannan shekarar, gwamnatin Burtaniya ta sanar da soke dukkan takunkumi kan sabuwar annobar da ta mamaye duniya, wanda hakan ke nuna cewa Birtaniya ta sauya daga matakin rigakafin annobar zuwa matakin "kwance".

A cewar bayanai da IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index ta ruwaito, tallace-tallacen kan layi a Burtaniya sun fadi da kashi 12% a shekara a watan Afrilun 2022 bayan da Birtaniya ta ɗage manufarta ta hana yaduwar annoba a watan Maris. A watan Mayu mai zuwa, tallace-tallacen kan layi a Burtaniya sun faɗi da kashi 8.7% a shekara-shekara—idan aka kwatanta da ƙaruwar kashi 12% a shekara-shekara a watan Afrilun 2021 da ƙaruwar kashi 10% a shekara-shekara a watan Mayun 2021, daraktan Sashen Dabaru da Fahimta na Capgemini Andy Mulcahy ya ba da kalmar "abin tausayi" ga alkaluman na wannan lokacin a wannan shekarar.

"Babu abin ɓoyewa, tallace-tallace sun kasance marasa kyau a cikin watanni biyu da suka gabata," in ji shi a wata hira da Financial Times. "Bayan cire shingen da aka yi wa annobar, kowa yana fatan komawa matakin da ya gabata kafin sabuwar annobar. Amma mun bi diddigin dillalai sama da 200 na kan layi, kuma aikin tallace-tallace ya ragu daga 5% zuwa 15%. Ya ambaci kamfanin Boohoo mai lamba ɗaya a Burtaniya a matsayin misali, kamar yadda kamfanin ya sanar a ranar 31 ga Mayu. A cikin rahoton ribar kwata na farko, kudaden shiga sun faɗi da kashi 8%.

Daga cikin nau'ikan dandamalin kasuwanci ta intanet daban-daban na Burtaniya, kwalliya da kayan kwalliya sun fi yin fice, inda tallace-tallace suka ragu da kashi 28% duk shekara.

Mulcahy ya yi imanin cewa gwamnatin Burtaniya ya kamata ta dauki alhakin wannan, kuma ya zargi gwamnati da laifin karin haraji kan dandamalin kasuwancin e-commerce: "Ofishin Firayim Minista na 10 (Ofishin Firayim Minista) yana matukar son masu sayayya su koma shagunan da ba na intanet ba, kuma ya kafa jerin karin haraji. Babban harajin tallace-tallace na kan layi ya tilasta wa masu sayayya su kara farashin kayayyaki, wanda hakan ya sa masu sayayya su yi siyayya a shagunan sayar da kayayyaki masu rahusa. A lokacin annobar, ana daukar kasuwancin e-commerce da dillalan kan layi a matsayin mai ceton tattalin arzikin Burtaniya a ranar 10 ga wata. Yanzu da annobar ta kare, za a iya korar mu, ko ba haka ba?"

Tallace-tallacen kan layi da na waje suna raguwa, to ina kudin masu amfani zai je? Amsar Guardian ita ce a kashe su saboda hauhawar farashin rayuwa.

A zahiri, Birtaniya na fuskantar mafi munin hauhawar farashin kayayyaki a cikin shekaru 40, inda hauhawar farashin kayayyaki ta kai kashi 9.1%, wanda hakan ya sanya Birtaniya ta kai matsayi mafi girma a cikin G7 (G7). Bankin Ingila ya yi gargadin cewa hauhawar farashin kayayyaki a Burtaniya na iya wuce kashi 11% nan da watan Oktoba.

"The Guardian" ta ce saboda ci gaba da yaduwar cutar na dogon lokaci da sabuwar kwayar cutar ta haifar, adadi mai yawa na mutanen da ke da shekaru masu kyau tsakanin 16 zuwa 64 sun janye daga kasuwar kwadago ta Burtaniya. Wannan ya haifar da karancin ayyukan yi a shagunan sayar da kayayyaki, kamar direbobin manyan motoci da ma'aikatan jigilar kayayyaki. Karancin ma'aikatan jigilar kayayyaki yana sa dillalai su fuskanci kalubalen sarkar samar da kayayyaki mai tsanani, kuma dole ne su kara albashin da ake biya wa wadannan mukamai domin cimma tasirin "lada mai yawa, dole ne a sami jarumai" - kuma wannan karin kudin da aka kashe, ta hanyar da aka samu ga samfurin.

Tsadar rayuwa ta sa masu sayayya su ƙara himma, inda ɗaya daga cikin 'yan Birtaniya uku ya ce sun fara daina shan shayi mai zafi su sha ruwan sanyi kawai don adana kuɗin wutar lantarki. Firayim Ministan Burtaniya Johnson ma ya yi kira ga kowa da kowa ya rage kashe kuɗi ta hanyar "ƙasa cin abinci". "Mun daina kashe kuɗi akan komai banda abinci da haya," in ji Dimi Hunter, mai shekaru 43, a wata hira da jaridar The Guardian. "Yanzu ni da matata muna cin abinci sau biyu kawai a rana, don amsa kiran Firayim Minista."

A irin waɗannan yanayi, shagunan kayan kwalliya na intanet ba su da yawa. "Gwamnati ta gaya mana cewa annobar ta ƙare. Amma ma'aikatan har yanzu suna sake kamuwa da cutar, suna ci gaba da zuwa asibiti. Zan iya ci gaba da ɗaukar sabbin ma'aikata kawai - kuma in biya tsohon albashin rashin lafiya a lokaci guda. Idan sabon ma'aikacin ya kamu da cutar, kuma Elizabeth Riley, mai shagon kayan kwalliya a Brixton, kudu da London, ta yi korafi, "tsoffin abokan ciniki sun zo su tambaye ni: me yasa kuke sayar da RIMMEL (Rimmel) Mystery) Gidauniyar ruwa ta fi tsada fiye da farashin da ke kan gidan yanar gizon hukuma? Me yasa ba za ku yi rangwame ba? Zan iya amsa musu kawai, eh, ba shakka zan iya rage farashi ko rage farashi, sannan mako mai zuwa, za ku gan ni ina tattara kayana in tafi."

Dangane da wannan batu, sakataren harkokin kasuwanci na Birtaniya Paul Scully ya gabatar da wata sabuwar dabara: a bar ma'aikata su tafi aiki ba tare da sun ji ciwo ba. Kuma ya yi kira gare su da su bi misalin sarauniyar mai shekaru 95, "Tsoho mai irin wannan tsufa zai iya ci gaba da aiki, me ya sa ba za ku iya ba?" 

Nan take Riley da ma'aikatanta suka yi ta sukar wannan ikirari. "Sarauniya tana da dukkan albarkatun likitanci na Burtaniya don tallafawa hakan a kowane lokaci, kuma dole ne mu jira a layi a cikin jerin jira na dubban mutane suna jiran likitoci su gana ɗaya bayan ɗaya." Ma'aikaciyar asibiti Maria Walker ta ce: "Ba shi da kyau a yi rashin lafiya, ko Covid-19 ne ko kuma tare da mura, zan ci gaba da atishawa, hanci mai gudu, jiri da ciwon kai, kuma ba zan iya yi wa abokan ciniki hidima kwata-kwata ba."

Riley ta ce, "Ya Allah, wa ke son shiga shagon kayan kwalliya inda duk ma'aikata ke da tabbacin samun sabon kambin? Lokacin da kai da abokanka kuke tsintar kayayyaki, suna atishawa a baya? Lokacin da kuke samun gashin ido, dole ta tsaya a tsakiya don ta hura min hanci? Nan da ƙasa da mako guda, zan cika da koke-koke da wasiƙu masu shigowa!"

A ƙarshen hirar, Riley ya nuna rashin jin daɗi game da makomar masana'antar sayar da kayayyaki ta Burtaniya, kuma ya ce zai iya rufe shagon kayan kwalliya a Landan, wanda aka buɗe sama da shekaru 30, ya koma ƙauyen Yorkshire don yin ritaya. "Bayan haka, mutane ba za su iya biyan kuɗin burodi ba, to wa ya damu ko fuskarsu ta yi kyau?" ta yi ba'a.