Development of consumer services urban population Irkutsk region in the 1990s

The article presents an analysis of the development of consumer services in the industrial cities Priangarye in the 1990s. The author considers the problem of transition from the state of service centers to private service companies, which inevitably led to the destruction of previously existing branch system management and operation of services and amenities. In general, consumer services businesses throughout the 1990s. complex path of market transformation, conversion activities, some of them completely disappeared. For the development of consumer services were characterized by the following problems: a low level of consumption of many types of services, focus on the middle-satisfaction and well-off sectors of society; constant comments from consumers and regulatory authorities on the quality of services provided; a significant proportion of the services rendered in the informal economy; difficulty in obtaining resources. However, there were positive developments: the speed and quality of performance of orders increased, the range of services expanded, new types of services that better meet consumer demand.