Zvinosuwisa! Musika weZvizoro weUK Waderera

Musi wa18 Kurume gore rino, hurumende yeBritain yakazivisa kubviswa kwezvirambidzo zvese padenda idzva rekorona, zvichiratidza shanduko yakazara yeUK kubva padanho rekudzivirira denda kuenda padanho rekuti "rakarara pasi".

Sekureva kwedata rakataurwa neIMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, kutengeswa kwezvitoro online muUK kwakadzikira ne12% gore negore muna Kubvumbi 2022 mushure mekunge UK yasimudza mutemo wayo wekudzivirira denda muna Kurume. Muna Chivabvu wakatevera, kutengeswa kwezvitoro online muUK kwakadzikira ne8.7% gore negore—zvichienzaniswa nekuwedzera kwe12% gore negore muna Kubvumbi 2021 uye kuwedzera kwe10% gore negore muna Chivabvu 2021, director weCapgemini Strategy and Insights Department Andy Mulcahy akapa izwi rekuti "zvinosuwisa" kunhamba dzenguva imwe chete gore rino.

“Hapana chekuvanza, kutengeswa kwave kwakaipa mumwedzi miviri yapfuura,” akadaro muhurukuro neFinancial Times. “Mushure mekupedza kudzivirira denda iri, munhu wese ari kutarisira kudzokera padanho risati rasvika denda idzva rekorona. Asi tatevera vatengesi vepamhepo vanopfuura mazana maviri, uye mashandiro ekutengesa aderera kubva pa5% kusvika pa15%.” Akataura nezvekambani yepamusoro-soro yefashoni muUK inonzi Boohoo semuenzaniso, kambani iyi yakazivisa musi wa31 Chivabvu. Mumushumo wayo wekota yekutanga yemari, mari yakadzikira ne8%.

Pakati pemhando dzakasiyana dzemapuratifomu ekutengeserana e-commerce ekuBritain, runako nezvizoro zvakashanda zvakanyanya, nekutengesa kuchiderera ne28% gore negore.

Mulcahy anotenda kuti hurumende yeBritain ndiyo inofanira kunge iri iyo ine mhosva yeizvi, uye akapomera hurumende mhosva yekuwedzera kwemitero pamapuratifomu e-commerce: "Chikamu chegumi (Hofisi yeMutungamiriri weNyika) chinoda zvikuru kuti vatengi vadzokere kuzvitoro zvisiri pamhepo, uye chakagadzira kukwidzwa kwemitero. Mutero wekutengesa wepamhepo wakakwira wakamanikidza vatengesi kuwedzera mitengo yezvigadzirwa, zvichiita kuti vatengi vatenge muzvitoro zvakachipa. Munguva yedenda, e-commerce nekutengesa online zvaionekwa semuponesi wehupfumi hweBritain musi wa10. Zvino kana denda rapera, tinogona kudzingwa, handiti?"

Kutengeswa kwezvitoro online nekunze kweinternet kuri kudzikira, saka mari yevatengi inoendepi? Mhinduro yeGuardian ndeyekuti mari yekurarama ipere nekuda kwemitengo iri kukwira zvakanyanya.

Kutaura zvazviri, UK iri kutarisana ne inflation yakanyanya kuipa mumakore makumi mana, ine inflation ye9.1%, izvo zvaita kuti UK isvike pa inflation yakakwira muG7 (G7). Bhangi reEngland rakayambira kuti inflation muUK inogona kupfuura 11% panosvika Gumiguru.

"The Guardian" yakati nekuda kwezviitiko zvenguva refu zvakakonzerwa nehutachiona hutsva hwekorona, vanhu vazhinji vezera rakakodzera vari pakati pemakore 16 ne64 vakabuda mumusika wevashandi vekuBritain. Izvi zvakakonzera kushomeka kukuru kwemabasa ekutengesa, akadai sevatyairi vemarori nevashandi vekutakura zvinhu. Kushomeka kwevashandi vekutakura zvinhu kunoita kuti vatengesi vasangane nematambudziko makuru ekutengesa zvinhu, uye vanofanirwa kuwedzera mihoro inobhadharwa kune izvi zvinzvimbo kuti vawane mhedzisiro ye "mibairo mikuru, panofanira kunge paine varume vakashinga" - uye mari iyi yekuwedzera, Zvichienderana nezvinodiwa, yakapfuudzwa kuchigadzirwa.

Kudhura kwemari yekurarama kwakaita kuti vatengi vasimbise mabhandi avo, mumwe chete pavatatu vekuBritain achiti vari kutanga kurega tii inopisa uye kunwa mvura inotonhora chete kuti vachengetedze mari yemagetsi. Mutungamiriri weBritain Johnson akatokurudzira kuti munhu wese aderedze mari yekushandisa pakurarama ne "kudya zvishoma". "Tarega kushandisa mari pazvinhu zvese kunze kwechikafu nerendi," Dimi Hunter, ane makore 43, akadaro achiseka mubvunzurudzo neThe Guardian. "Iye zvino ini nemukadzi wangu tinodya kudya kaviri chete pazuva, tichipindura chikumbiro chaMutungamiriri weHurumende."

Mumamiriro ezvinhu akadaro, zvitoro zvekuzora zvisiri pamutemo hazvina vanhu vakawanda. "Hurumende yakatiudza kuti denda rapera. Asi vashandi vachiri kutapukirwazve, vanoramba vachifona vachiti vanorwara. Ndinogona kungoramba ndichitora vashandi vatsva - uye kubhadhara mari yekare yekurwara panguva imwe chete. Kana mushandi mutsva akatapukirwawo, uye Elizabeth Riley, muridzi wechitoro chezvizoro muBrixton, kumaodzanyemba kweLondon, akanyunyuta achiti, "vatengi vekare vauya kuzondibvunza: sei muchitengesa RIMMEL (Rimmel) Mystery) Foundation yemvura inodhura kupfuura mutengo uri pawebhusaiti yepamutemo? Sei musingaderedzi? Ndinogona kungovapindura chete, hongu, hongu ndinogona kuderedza mutengo kana kuderedza mutengo, uye vhiki rinouya, muchandiona ndichirongedza ndoenda."

Panyaya iyi, munyori wezvebhizinesi wekuBritain, Paul Scully, akapa zano idzva: kurega vashandi vachienda kubasa vachirwara. Uye akavakumbira kuti vatevedzere muenzaniso wamambokadzi ane makore 95 ekuberekwa, "Murume mukuru akwegura kudaro anogona kuramba achishanda, sei iwe usingakwanise?" 

Mashoko aya akabva angosangana nekupopota kukuru kubva kuna Riley nevashandi vake. “Mambokadzi ane zvese zvekurapa muUK zvinotsigira izvi nguva dzese, uye tinofanira kumira mumutsara pane runyorwa rwevanhu vanomirira makumi ezviuru vakamirira kuti vanachiremba vaonekwe nemumwe nemumwe.” Vashandi Maria Walker vakati: “Hazvina kunaka kurwara, kungave kuri Covid-19 kana kuti nefuruwenza, ndinogara ndichihotsira, mhino yangu ichiyerera, dzungu uye musoro, uye handingakwanise kushandira vatengi zvachose.”

Riley akati, “Mwari, ndiani anoda kupinda muchitoro chezvizoro uko vashandi vese vari kugutsikana nekorona itsva? Iwe neshamwari dzako pamuri kusarudza zvigadzirwa, vari kuhotsira kumashure? Pamuri kuwana eyelashes dzenyu, anofanira kumira pakati kuti andifuridzire mhino? Munguva isingasviki vhiki, ndichange ndazara nekunyunyuta netsamba dzinouya!”

Pakupera kwekubvunzurudzwa, Riley akaratidza kusava netariro nezveramangwana reindasitiri yekutengesa muBritain, uye akati anogona kuvhara chitoro chezvizoro muLondon, chave chakavhurwa kwemakore anopfuura makumi matatu, odzokera kumaruwa eYorkshire kunorega basa. "Pamusoro pezvose, vanhu havatombokwanisi kubhadhara chingwa, saka ndiani ane hanya kana chiso chavo chakanaka?" akadaro achiseka.