Summer sales 2019: from Milan to Rome, here are the dates city by city

The 29 summer sales season will officially start on June 2019 – But be careful because most of the regions will start later – Here are all the dates and information

Let the shopping, not too compulsive if possible, begin. The 2019 summer sales are upon us and the Italians are preparing to put their wallets in order to take advantage of the most convenient opportunities.

Discounts from 10 to 70% percent the shop windows and shelves will crowd: from clothing to household appliances, through furniture, perfumery, footwear, no sector will be excluded from the sales.

From Sicily to the Aosta Valley, the dates to be marked in red on the calendar will be more or less the same, even if in some Regions we start earlier, in others we finish later. The sales period is in fact established at a regional level, but the tendency has always been to standardize the start, duration and conclusion as much as possible.

In general there will be time, the summer sales last between 40 and 60 days, even if, in case you want to buy a specific product, it is always better not to stop at the last moment: the risk is not to find the sizes, the measures, in short: to see the opportunity slip away from under your nose .

Take that into consideration the sales will not only concern physical stores, but also online ones: so if you don't want to go out in the sun given the prohibitive temperatures, just turn on your computer to look for what you need.

SUMMER SALE 2019: WHEN THEY START

In many Regions, the start date of the 2019 summer sales has been set for Saturday 6 July. However, there are exceptions. Any examples? In Basilicata, Campania, Liguria, Sicily and in the autonomous province of Bolzano we start earlier.

The season will be officially inaugurated by Naples, Caserta, Salerno & Co. In Campania the sales begin a week in advance: Saturday 29 June. Two days later it will be the turn of Sicily, while in Basilicata it starts on 2 July.

And what about the shopping capital cities? TO Rome and Milan, as established by the respective Regions, the green light will turn on on 6 July.

SUMMER SALE 2019: DURATION AND END

Offers, discounts, promotions and bargains will last for more than a month. But even in this case the timing is established at the regional level. In the territories where the administrators have decided to grant a shorter period of time to take advantage of the sales, it will end around August 10, while in some Regions it will even arrive in September.

SUMMER SALES 2019: BEWARE OF SCAMPS

Be careful what you buy, because the risk of being faced with "bogus balancesi” is around the corner. in general, every trader is obliged to show, next to the product, both the initial price and the discount percentage.

"The commercial operator - reads the website of the Lombardy Region - has the obligation to provide truthful information regarding the discounts applied both in advertising communications (which, even graphically, must not be presented in a misleading way for the consumer) and in price indications in the sales rooms. Furthermore, it cannot indicate further and different prices and must be able to demonstrate to the supervisory bodies the veracity of the information relating to the product".

Also beware of those who say that "the goods on sale cannot be changed under any circumstances". “If the product is found to be defective, the consumer can request the replacement of the item itself or a refund of the price paid upon presentation of the receipt, which must therefore be kept”.