Men spend more than women on clothes, Elon Musk orders new satellites, but at the same time disconnects those closest to Crimea, Sberbank increases the validity period of credit cards, and RB continues to follow interesting news for businessmen.
- Sberbank decided to increase the validity period of Mir credit cards to 10 years from October 3 (a similar measure is already in force for debit cards).
- The average bill for a purchase in men’s clothing and footwear stores in June-August 2023 was 9.9 thousand rubles, almost double the average bill for women – 4.9 rubles (“Russian standard”).
- Every second Russian considers deposits with terms from three months to a year to be the most profitable, as he is confident that this form of savings will allow him to quickly transfer money to a new deposit in the event of an increase in interest rates (Otkrytie). .
- Trade turnover between Russia and Mexico reached a record $324 million in June.
- SpaceX put 22 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit, and a day earlier, Politico learned from Walter Isaacson’s book that Elon Musk deliberately shut down the satellites “within 100 km of the Crimean coast” to “prevent escalation of the conflict”.
- The number of bookings for organized trips for autumn 2023 increased, according to various expert platforms, by 5% to 25%, and the average check increased by 15% to 164 thousand rubles.
Author:
Ekaterina Alipova
Source: RB
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