[ad_1]
Street vendor by profession, with Covid he had to reinvent himself. Sauro Salvigni, who for 31 years ran, at Christmas time, a wooden house in Piazza Saffi selling lights, material for cribs and handicrafts that are not found in department stores, this year he returns to the people of Forlì, but in the store. “I did not want to abandon my customers and then, since the market cannot be made due to the pandemic – Salvigni explains – I thought of renting a store for a short period, also in Piazza Saffi, at number 2, and offering to the Inhabitants of Forlì the Christmas atmosphere even from the four walls of a restaurant. In fact, in the end I realize that there are also advantages. For example, it is less cold and, although it is raining outside, the customer can wander through the products without hurry In addition, it is a very large store, with two floors, excellent to avoid crowds and risks of contagion. Obviously the house, with its Christmas atmosphere, was more suggestive, but in general there was less space to present the merchandise. and as mentioned previously, we suffered from cold and rain ”.
In the old Cereali premises, under the town hall, which has hosted several electoral political committees in recent years, including that of deputy Marco di Maio and mayor Gian Luca Zattini, the store has been open for four days and things do not seem to be going bad, actually. “This year was bad – continues the peddler – I who, excluding the Christmas period, usually participate in fairs and festivals selling toys, this year, due to the various closures imposed, I only worked 10 days. I was a little scared to rent a shop, I thought it was too big a bet. But then, in the end, considering that customers come to look for the particularity of my items and the costs of the store, even if they are a little higher. to those in the square of Piazza Saffi, they did not differ much from those that are reserved every Christmas, I tried the adventure. The situation is different for those who, perhaps, sold sweets at the Christmas market. For those who need a walk around the square, in the store it is more difficult to attract the customer. “In the Salvigni store, specialized in nativity scenes, there are statues ranging from 3 to 30 centimeters high, moss, mountains, fountains, special papers, blown glass items, special lights In short, in the end, despite Covid and the various restrictions, Christmas is again this year in Piazza Saffi.
