PRAGUE (CIA) - According to the Do It Yourself 2010 survey, the current economic situation has affected the household, workshop and garden purchases of almost 40% of households. This represents a 6% y-o-y increase. Twenty-two percent of the respondents do not doubt the crisis’s effect and 16% admit its effect.

In comparison with last year, the crisis’s effect is admitted to be above-average by people over 55 years of age, and the same extent of the effect is also noted by customers in younger categories (30 years and older). The least effect is still reported from customers of the chains whose shops are exclusively in larger towns.