Russians began to buy cheap goods more often in January-August sales of cheap consumer goods increased by 10.6% in monetary terms. Of this increase, 6.1 percentage points resulted from an increase in the number of packages sold, and another 4.5 percentage points resulted from price changes. An important point for retail investors: more packaging does not necessarily mean more consumption. Possible reasons include a shift to smaller purchases and price inflation, where packaging is getting smaller and people need to buy more often. How have your purchases changed? I often choose cheaper products - I charge less for one trip - I buy as before BKS Express | We are at MAX.