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Less than a week after the new crown lock went into effect “Today”a local inspection in the main shopping centers of Vienna.
The new crown lock has been in effect in Austria since Tuesday, November 3 (midnight). Since then, restaurants, cultural and sports facilities in particular, have had to give up customers and therefore income. Large shopping centers may continue to open as usual, but the consequences of the closure are being felt in the retail sector as well.
The trade association speaks in a broadcast Monday of “dramatic losses in frequency and sales.” The statement read: “The second blockade, including night-time restrictions between 8:00 pm and 6:00 am has further exacerbated the tense situation of many national companies.
“Almost all stationery retailers are losing dramatically due to the home office effect, as well as new restrictions. Fashion and jewelry retailers report sales drops of up to -80%, grocery wholesalers even from -90%. In many places, the numbers are catastrophic, “warns the Trade Association. “Today”He did the local inspection on Monday at the Gerngross Center in Vienna-Neubau and at the “Mall” on Landstrasse. Local inspection confirms the trade association information, from the dense crowd, as usual, nothing is seen far and wide.
Plea to politics
The national trade is fully aware of the new crown measures of the health minister. This is exactly what retailers expect from the Minister of Health, according to Rainer Will, a spokesman for Austrian retailers. Transparent communication is the foundation for planning security, for both consumers and retailers.
“What we don’t need is new, vague announcements every day about a possible tightening and subsequent delayed regulations. As a result, the savings rate has almost doubled, which is hampering the business cycle,” says Will, reflecting frustration. of the industry that he felt in everyone. Federal states reached. In addition, Will asks “the whole range of economic aid that the EU provides”.
