In St. Petersburg, the demand for frying pans increased by 108% before March 8

This is reported by the Russian online retailer Wildberries. In the region, before March 8, there is a high demand for curly chocolate: 276% more compared to 2021, for sweets - 76%. Gift sets of products purchased by 102% more. Sales of laptops grew by 76%, soft toys - by 46% year-on-year.

Among the most popular gifts for International Women's Day are cosmetics and perfumes. Most of all, in pieces, citizens bought sets of cosmetics for care (+90%), creams (+77%) and perfumes (+83%).

Last year, we recall, 29% of men and 42% of women do not plan to give gifts to loved ones on March 8th. Moreover, this figure was higher than in 2019 and 2020.