Blocking, maximum consumption in Bergamo minus 85 percent

How cheap is the Bergamo trade blockade? So much so, is the obvious answer. The Confimprese Study Center, an association that brings together a large number of retail operators, in collaboration with the consultancy Ernst & Young, made a calculation according to which, between March and the province in March 2020, consumption decreased 85% in Compared to March 2019, while the first quarter of 2020, in which Covid impacted the final part, consumption slowed by 31% compared to the same period of the previous year.

The figure for the whole of Lombardy differs slightly: -82.8% in March, -29.2% for the first quarter of 2020. The study covers 623 shopping areas including shopping malls, points of sale, stores, with 45 brands. and more than 4,400 points of sale monitored throughout Italy. In particular, the survey is evaluated by clothing, catering, cosmetics, furniture, services and culture.

Lombardy is the region with the worst trend in Italy, with -83% of consumption in March 2020, while the Italian yield is -79%. The aspect is also projected on the restart: “It remains to be understood what can be expected in Phase 2 of the post-emergency, stresses Mario Maiocchi, managing director of Confimprese, both to verify the impacts of Covid-19 on the levels of rotation as, above all, to identify changes in consumption patterns and business opportunities along with obvious critical problems. We will have to deal with a substantially different market, and only operators who can quickly understand and manage change can emerge unscathed, even strengthened, from this crisis. To make the most of these opportunities, investments will be needed in which concrete government support is expected. ” “If already in the first phase of the emergency, the online site had an obstacle-free path – adds the study by Confimprese and Ernst & Young – it seems that even for the following ones it can continue to maintain a high level of shopping habits of the consumer “.